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File:Railroad switch Boucher.jpg

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English: Metadata from the Library of Congress:
  • Title: Detail view of rails, view of point where the single track (top) divides into two tracks. Just above the wooden cross tie, the top rail is held in by an iron bridle. This iron bridge connects to a vertical lever located on the switchstand which stands adjacent to the track. The lever could be used to move the top rail's alignment from one lower rail to another lower rail - East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County, PA

Creator(s): Boucher, Jack E., creator

  • Date Created/Published: 1986

Medium: 5 x 7 in.

  • Reproduction Number: HAER PA,31-ROCFN,1--26
  • Call Number: HAER PA,31-ROCFN,1--26

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Place: Pennsylvania -- Huntingdon County -- Rockhill Furnace

  • Latitude/Longitude: 40.24026, -77.90032

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  • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
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Source http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa1798/photos.355873p
Author Jack Boucher HABS photographer

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