Elblag Canal
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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No need to go to Poland, just go to Pennsylvania – It’s a National Historical Site
“The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania, United States; it operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure through the gaps of the Allegheny that connected the midwest to the eastern seaboard across the barrier range of the Allegheny Front. Approximately 36 miles (58 km) long overall, both ends connected to the Pennsylvania Canal, and the system was primarily used as a portage railway, haulting river boats and barges over the divide between the Ohio and the Susquehanna Rivers”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Portage_Railroad
http://exploringoffthebeatenpath.com/Parks/AlleghenyPortageRailroad/index.html
https://www.nps.gov/alpo/index.htm
The Jersey Central RR operated the Ashley Planes using similar technology until after WW2 and Yosemite Valley Logging into the Fifties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfzLmdKl5E4 (Minute 5:00 on)
https://youtu.be/v9–XxD-B_k
We now return you to your regularly scheduled Space Site
I was impressed less that it was yet another funicular railway and more that it seems to perform the task in much less time than a series of locks would have done.
New York State still operates a canal system open to the public for recreation, including travel by boat.
http://www.canals.ny.gov/about/faqs.html