Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad

  • Also Known As: Gravity Railroad

  • Vicinity: Between Ludlow St in Summit Hill and F.A.P. 209 in Jim Thorpe
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1827/00/00 Mauch Chunk Railroad Owner Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, built by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
1827/00/00 White,Josiah Architect Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, built by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
1827/00/00
1844/00/00
1845/00/00

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Particulars for Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Area of Significance Railroad
Sight Category Site
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 76001616
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.; White,Josiah
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Engineering, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1827, 1844, 1845
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Underwater

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