Comments on: Elblag Canal https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/elblag-canal/ Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Elbo Altins https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/elblag-canal/#comment-1068532 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:33:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=58718#comment-1068532 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

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/elblag-canal/#comment-1068518 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:15:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=58718#comment-1068518 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.

]]> By: Col Beausabre https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/elblag-canal/#comment-1068487 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 03:38:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=58718#comment-1068487 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

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