The Old Portage Rail Road Monument
(side 1)
This Monument
Was erected to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of
The Old Portage Rail Road
March 18, 1834
A scale model of one of the inclined planes is in the Blair County Historical Museum, Altoona, PA.
This monument and the model provided by the State of Pennsylvania.
Erected March 18, 1934.
The Commission
William Elmer, Chairman
Plymouth W. Snyder, Secretary
Thomas G. Peoples
Tarring S. Davis
Marker can be reached from Old Route 22.
Courtesy hmdb.org
