tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804997536005419946.post6365204842563673511..comments2024-03-24T12:03:15.790-04:00Comments on Cultured Carbon County: Pennsylvania Canal Society Visits Carbon CountyRonald Rabenoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14527709656760280300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804997536005419946.post-54961962460649158982016-06-03T08:43:37.549-04:002016-06-03T08:43:37.549-04:00Dear Richard,
I do have other pages with much mo...Dear Richard,<br /> <br />I do have other pages with much more info and pics on it about the Switchback...if you pick through it and with some study, you can achieve what you are looking for...For example, the there is definitely a good old pic of the basin/reservoir you see the Canal folks looking into...also when you see the people coming down the steep hillside, that is the Mt Pisgah plane where the cars were pushed up by the barney cars, there is a good old time shot of people (a woman in a striking white dress) waiting at the bottom...When you see the bridge in the old shots: there are a lot of people pics of people standing high on a rock abuttment...where you see people walking today across a narrow rock ledge, that is Hacklebernie Tunnel, the oldest coal mine in the US; it was driven in the 1820s...the narrow walkwway once had a short bridge tansversing it, as the return or backtrack wasnt complete until the 1840s, so the tracks went right over the head of the mine...hope this helps...Ron<br /><br />Here is another link to another Switchback post of mine: http://culturedcarboncounty.blogspot.com/2011/04/students-descend-on-switchback-railroad.html<br /><br /> <br />Ronald Rabenoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527709656760280300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804997536005419946.post-65030244230142945632016-06-02T22:50:41.241-04:002016-06-02T22:50:41.241-04:00Can you show an apples to apples picture compariso...Can you show an apples to apples picture comparison of how it looks today from the same vantage point as the old photographs from old times?<br />Richard Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241500724149797130noreply@blogger.com