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Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at State Route 53, Lilly, Cambria County, PA

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Allegheny Portage Railroad, Lilly Culvert, Spanning Burgoon Run at State Route 53, Lilly, Cambria County, PA

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Summary

Significance: It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across the steam now known as Burgoon Run. The Allegheny Portage Railroad, a system of rail lines and inclined planes completed in 1834, was designed to carry boats from the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal across the Allegheny Mountains..
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N430
Survey number: HAER PA-452
Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000785

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Allegheny Portage Railroad
Brown, Sawyer & Brown
Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
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