Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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Conemaugh Township
Map of Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Highlighted.png
Location in Cambria County
Basic data
Foundation : 1876
State : United States
State : Pennsylvania
County : Cambria County
Coordinates : 40 ° 20 ′  N , 78 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′  N , 78 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2.012 (as of 2010)
Population density : 68.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 29.5 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of
which 29.2 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land
Area code : +1 814

Conemaugh Township is a township in Cambria County , Pennsylvania , United States . The original township was founded in the early 19th century and has existed within its current boundaries since 1876. It lies between the Little Conemaugh River in the north and the city of Johnstown with its suburbs in the west and the Richland Township in the south. It has an area of ​​about 30 km², in 2010 inhabitants lived here in 2012 (according to the 2010 census ).

history

The Conemaugh Township goes back to an original settlement area of ​​the Shawnee , where the Stony Creek joins the Little Conemaugh River and forms the Conemaugh River . Today the city of Johnstown lies here; the early 19th century township included the city and parts of what is now southern Cambria County and northern Somerset County . With the increase in settlements in the region, there were several reclassifications, and the remaining Conemaugh Township in Cambria County has existed in its current boundaries since 1876; another remainder in Somerset County also bears the name Conemaugh Township .

Allegheny Portage Railroad

Profile of the Allegheny Portage Railroad between Johnstown and Hollidaysburg with the 10 taxiways (1–10).
West portal of the Staple Bend Tunnel .

In the 1820s, a way was sought to connect the waterways east and west of the Allegheny Mountains , and construction of the Allegheny Portage Railroad began in the early 1930s. From 1834 it connected the system of the Pennsylvania Canal between Johnstown in the west and Hollidaysburg in the east over a length of 58 km. The crossing of the mountains was realized with five roller bridges on each side, with which the barges could overcome height differences of more than 300 meters on rails. The Allegheny Portage Railroad led in Conemaugh Township along the Little Conemaugh River, where about 6 km east of Johnstown with the Staple Bend Tunnel, the first railway tunnel in the United States was built.

In December 1962, parts of the facility, which operated between 1834 and 1854, were classified as the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site as a National Historic Landmark and entered as a Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in October 1966 . On April 19, 1994, the 275 m long Staple Bend Tunnel was also recognized as a National Historic Landmark and listed as a structure in the NRHP.

literature

  • Thomas J. Chapman: The Valley of the Conemaugh. McCrum & Dern, Printers, Altoona, PA 1865 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pennsylvania: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts. US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Conemaugh Township. Cambria County, PA Genealogy. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Allegheny Portage Railroad - History & Culture. National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Patrick Hegemann: Conquering the Alleghenies. ( Memento of May 15, 2013 on the Internet Archive ) Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal. ( Memento of October 7, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2020.
    Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ Staple Bend Tunnel. ( Memento of October 10, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2020.
    Staple Bend Tunnel on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2020.