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(US) Granite Railway - The first railroad in America (1826)
GRANITE RAILWAY & GRANITE INCLINE at Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
The story of the first railway and the first inclined railway in America (1826).
Built to transport granite stones from Quincy quarries to the Bunker Hill Monument at Boston.
(Published on September 1st, 2012)
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(SH) St. Helena - Ladder Hill Railway (1829)
LADDER HILL RAILWAY at St. Helena island
It was built in 1829 while the emperor Napoleon Ist was still in his tomb not far from the funicular. St. Helena Island - Ladder Hill Railway (1829), one of the first funicular in the world!
(Published on November 16, 2010)
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(PK) Pakistan - The Khojak Rope Inclines
The Khojak Rope Inclines (Pakistan)
In the nineteenth century, after the second Anglo-Afghan war, a series of rope inclines were built by the British in Baluchistan (now in Pakistan).
An episode completely forgotten and totally unknown which is interesting to highlight when the Afghanistan and Pakistan are in the spotlight.
Follow the link below for the complete study of the Khojak Rope Inclines...
(Published on April 25, 2010)
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(CA) Montmorency Falls Incline (Quebec)
Montmorency Falls Incline (1901-1953)
The story of an investigation from an old mysterious postcard and how I discovered the old inclined railway used to visit Montmorency Falls near Quebec in Canada.
(Published on May 4, 2009)
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(US) Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
Mount Tamalpais Gravity Railroad (1896 - 1930) in California on the north side of the Golden Gate was a fantastic Gravity Railroad!
A Gravity Railroad is a natural Roller Coaster... passenger carriages which was pushed to the top of the Mount Tamalpais mountain and then were dropped on the descending slope... moving with only the gravity and only a brake to control the speed!
(Published on May 1st, 2009)
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to the web site, click here
(US) Duluth inclines (Minnesota)
The story of the inclines of Duluth, Minnesota (USA)
- Duluth 7th Avenue West Incline
- Duluth Belt Line Incline
They are both completely disapeared.
(Published on April 18th, 2009)
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Dampfbahn
Furka Bergstrecke (DFB)
Furka
Cogwheel Steam Railway. I am member of the
Verein Furka-Bergstrecke (VFB) since 1992 and I built this web
site to promote the extraordinary adventure of some men who did
not accept the abandonment of the highest and most fantastic section
of the Furka Oberalp railway after the boring of the Furka tunnel
in 1982.
A cogwheel steam railway which is operated only three
months a year and which climbs up the Furka pass at 2118m in wondeful
landscapes one of the best is the Rhone Glacier.
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Märjelen
Aletsch
Glacier. My love and my fascination to the Swiss Alps and
their glaciers attracted me for the third time to the Aletsch Glacier
in the upper Valais. Along the Aletsch Glacier there is a special place
which is more fascinating, this is an intermittent lake called Märjelensee.
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Cassagnoles
Le
site officiel de la commune de Cassagnoles (Hérault, France)
. Située à l'extrême ouest du département
de l'Hérault, la commune de Cassagnoles est limitrophe à la
fois avec le département de l'Aude et le département
du Tarn.
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