Driving Distance/Time: 286mi./ 4h 45min. (to APRR)
152mi./ 2h 56min. (to hotel)
Sights seen: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Today began our arduous journey across this great nation of ours, and it was a good preparation for things to come. First, today's drive was a long one, and we all got very used to the idea of sitting in one spot for a long time and how to properly break up such a drive into smaller chunks through meal breaks, gas station fillups, and attactions. Today's attraction was the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site in Gallitzin, PA. Being the connecting piece of the Pennsylvanian Main Line Canal over the Allegheny Mountains, the railroad has been hailed as one of the premier engineering achievements of the nineteenth century and has transported such famous people as Charles Dickens and Ulysses S. Grant across its length. The railroad also boasts such achievements as building the first railroad tunnel in America and being a primary cause in the rise of the Pennsylvania iron and steel industry. While this destination may be a little out of the way of a direct course between NJ and Ohio, this is certainly a great driving break and historical look at the rise of early industrial America.
States visited to date: 3
National Park Passport cancellations to date: 1
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