Infobox nrhp name AlleghenyPortageRailroad nrhp type nhl nrhp type2 nhs image Alpo incline trail.jpg ... District title AlleghenyPortageRailroad of the Pennsylvania Canal accessdate 2008 07 01 ... body National Park Service mpsub AlleghenyPortageRailroad MPS refnum 66000648 ref name nris NRISref ... Image AlleghenyPortage Railroad.jpg thumb 300px Profile of the original line. Image 1948 AlleghenyPortage Railroad.jpg thumb 300px Map of the railroad and newer alignments built to replace it. The AlleghenyPortageRailroad was the first Rail transport railroad constructed through the Allegheny ... railroad tunnel in the United States, the Staple Bend Tunnel , and its inauguration was marked with great fanfare. Today, the remains of the railroad are preserved within the AlleghenyPortageRailroad ... gpo.gov bills 107 h4682rh.txt.pdf AlleghenyPortageRailroad National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act Public Law 107 369 . Accessed 2009 10 21. ref The Lemon House , a tavern located alongside the railroad near Cresson, Pennsylvania Cresson that was a popular stop for railroad passengers, has been ... this line to Hollidaysburg, PA, and removed the rails. gallery Image AlleghenyPortageRailroad ... AlleghenyPortageRailroad Developing Transportation Technology http www.cr.nps.gov nr twhp wwwlps ... 23allegheny 23allegheny.htm AlleghenyPortageRailroad Developing Transportation Technology, a National ... Areas of Pennsylvania DEFAULTSORT AlleghenyPortageRailroad Category National Historic Sites ... 9780760768921 oclc ref In 1854 the portage railway portagerailroad was rendered obsolete by construction .... Despite this, construction on the New PortageRailroad, a 2.14 million realignment to bypass the inclines, continued, opening in 1856. On July 31, 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad bought the portage ... Path References Reflist 2 External links http www.nps.gov alpo National Park Service AlleghenyPortage ... Construction of the railroad began in 1831 and took three years to complete. The project was financed ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name AlleghenyRailroad logo filename Alleghenyrailroad herald.gif logo size system map image image size image caption marks ALY locale Pennsylvania start year 1985 end year 1992 predecessor line Irvine, Warren, Kane & Johnsonburg Railroad successor line Allegheny and Eastern Railroad length convert 147.1 mi hq city Warren, Pennsylvania website The AlleghenyRailroad reporting mark ALY was an United States American railroad company operating in northwestern Pennsylvania . The AlleghenyRailroad began operations on September 3, 1985. It operated convert 147.1 mi of line between milepost 2.8 located at Erie, Pennsylvania and milepost 149.9 located at Emporium, Pennsylvania . ref cite journal last Bradley first Richard E. month May year 1985 title Shortlining in Pennsylvania s North Country...Irvine, Warren, Kane and Johnsonburg journal Railpace Newsmagazine publisher Railpace location Piscataway, New Jersey Piscataway, NJ page 19 ref To create the new railroad, five individual sgements were assembled The first, from Erie to Irvine was purchased from Consolidated .... Hammermill was purchased by International Paper in 1986. The Allegheny and Eastern Railroad , a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. , purchased the railroad on October 31, 1992. The Allegheny and Eastern Railroad was merged into the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad another subsidiary of Genesee ... first Richard E. month November year 1985 title AlleghenyRailroad Begins Operations journal Railpace ... Publishing issn 0041 0934 page 22 AlleghenyRailroad, Timetable Number 1 April 27, 1986 DEFAULTSORT AlleghenyRailroad Category Cameron County, Pennsylvania Category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Category ... Railroad . The third, from Warren to Kane from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation . The fourth, from Kane to Johnsonburg, from the Irvine, Warren, Kane & Johnsonburg Railroad . The fifth ... last Murray first John S. month September year 1988 title Allegheny the phoenix of northwestern ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Infobox SG rail railroad name Allegheny and Eastern Railroad marks ALY locale start year 1992 end year 2004 predecessor line AlleghenyRailroad successor line Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad hq city Warren, Pennsylvania The Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Reporting mark ALY was a shortline railroad operating in Pennsylvania , owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. . It is now operated by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad . Originally named the AlleghenyRailroad , Genesee & Wyoming Inc. purchased the company in the early 1990s and renamed it the Allegheny and Eastern Railroad. The ALY s headquarters were located in Warren, Pennsylvania . Its main customer was International Paper in Erie, Pennsylvania . The railroad existed through the Conrail split and was merged into the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad , another Genesee & Wyoming Inc. railroad, in 2004. Simultaneously, a new company with the same name was created to purchase the property, which is now operated by the BPRR. The ALY also acquired the residual common carrier obligation on the lines. All motive power that remained on ALY property by the time it was merged into BPRR was relettered BPRR on the cab below the numbers, and still remain in ALY paint. class wikitable Allegheny and Eastern motive power ALY br number BPRR br number Model Livery Notes 101 301 EMD GP40 GP40 light blue and orange ALY paint 102 302 GP40 dark blue and orange ALY paint 103 303 CF7 dark blue and orange ALY paint sold to Louisiana and Delta Railroad LDRR as number 303 104 304 CF7 dark blue and orange ALY paint 105 305 EMD GP35 GP35 dark blue and orange ALY paint 106 306 GP35 orange and black GWI paint sold to Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab , Mexico , as number 201B slug railroad slug DEFAULTSORT Allegheny Eastern Railroad Category Pennsylvania railroads Category Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Category Non operating common carrier freight railroads in the United States US rail company stub ... more details
Infobox rail railroad name Oregon PortageRailroad logo filename logo size system map map caption map size marks image Oregon Portage Railroad.jpg image size image caption locale South bank of the Cascades canal near the Columbia River, near Bonneville Dam and Tanner Creek to Cascade Locks and Canal Cascade Locks start year 1858 end year 1896 predecessor line successor line gauge 5 0 ref name Hilton cite book last Hilton first George W. title http books.google.com books?id 7POj8GvF4sIC&pg PA481&lpg PA481&dq Oregon PortageRailroad gauge&source bl&ots OoBnliA Q9&sig ae0yMTYWU9gD7QbO W88nYrgQVM&hl ... website The Oregon PortageRailroad was the first railroad in the U.S. state of Oregon . ref cite ... 8032 5218 8 pages 294 url http books.google.com ?id 19fMcvQhk YC&pg PA294&dq Oregon PortageRailroad ..., John W. Brazee of the Oregon Portage Company began the construction of a railroad on a mule and wagon ... 14, 2011. ref However the Oregon PortageRailroad was not the first rail development along the Columbia. Justin Chenowith successfully operated a railroad system on the river s north bank, in Washington ... time . The Oregonian . Retrieved January 14, 2011. ref Ownership The Oregon PortageRailroad was operated ... ref The railroad was located on the south bank of the Cascades canal, ref name Winther cite book ... Locks which were under construction in the later years of the railroad s operation . ref name NRHS ... portage tramways . National Railway Historical Society . Retrieved January 11, 2011. ref ref name ... in 1856, but had been out of service since around 1858. The cost of the construction of the railroad ... Oregon Steam Navigation Co. OSN lower portage the Cascades . UtahRails.Net. Retrieved January 12, 2011 ... of the railroad in 1891, including a conversion to the narrower 3 0 gauge, was inspired by pressure ... the Cascades Rapids , and who were disappointed with the poor quality of the Cascades Railroad and delays ... the locks were completed in 1896, demand for a railroad decreased. ref Barber, Katrine. http www.oregonencyclopedia.org ... more details
Infobox SG rail railroad name Allegheny Valley Railroad logo filename logo size locale Western Pennsylvania ... Diesels in Glenwood The Allegheny Valley Railroad reporting mark AVR is a class III railroad that operates ... in 1992, is a separate entity from the original Allegheny Valley Railroad, which was established in the 1850s. That line, affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad system, followed the present ... to Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City . The original Allegheny Vally Railroad transported oil from the vicinity of Oil Creek Allegheny River Oil Creek and Titusville, Pennsylvania Titusville . On February 20, 1861, The Pittsburgh Post printed The Allegheny Valley Railroad Extracts from the Eighth ... pa avr index.html Allegheny Valley Railroad railfan page http www.carloadexpress.com sub.cfm?cat about&sub news&ID 2 Carloadexpress Pennsylvania railroads DEFAULTSORT Allegheny Valley Railroad Category Pennsylvania railroads Category Predecessors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Category Defunct Pennsylvania ... connecting its many and varied customers to Class I railroad s such as CSX Transportation CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway NS , and regional lines such as the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad B&P and the modern .... The AVR uses the P&W Subdivision segment of the line to cross the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge to interchange with the B&P in Bakerstown, Pennsylvania Bakerstown and or Evans City, Pennsylvania Evans City . The other segment serves industries along the railroad s namesake valley between Pittsburgh and Arnold, Pennsylvania Arnold . The Glenwood B&O Railroad Bridge is utilized ... , Pennsylvania . A short spur line is the newest edition to the AVR s portfolio it links the Allegheny Valley line with Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania Sharpsburg via the Brilliant Branch Railroad Bridge ... 5, 1862, The Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial Journal published Allegheny Valley Railroad&mdash ... Companies operating former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines Category Companies operating former Pennsylvania ... more details
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Infobox SG rail railroad name Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad logo filename logo size old gauge marks PAM locale McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania start year end year present hq city McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad reporting mark PAM is a Switching and terminal railroad switching railroad that serves industrial complexes in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania . It formerly served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad former Pittsburgh and Western Railway yard across the Ohio River via a car ferry service, operated with the steamboat Steel Queen ref cite book title Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada author American Iron and Steel Institute url http books.google.com books?id aSEqAAAAYAAJ&pg PA266&dq 22pittsburgh allegheny and mckees rocks 22&lr &ei sL6sSZOcNaKIyATM5biQBQ pages 266 year 1916 ref . Interchanges McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania McKees Rocks Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad P&OC CSX Transportation CSX Roster class wikitable Road No. Model 17 GE 70 ton switcher 70 Ton GE 20 70 Ton GE 1204 EMD SW1200 SW1200 References references Related links http www.lundsten.dk railfan pa pam index.html Western Pennsylvanian Railroads Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad http thedieselshop.us PAMR.HTML PAM Roster Pennsylvania railroads DEFAULTSORT Pittsburgh Allegheny Mckees Rocks Railroad Category Pennsylvania railroads Category Switching and terminal railroads US rail company stub ... more details
The Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad is a historic railroad company that operated in Pennsylvania and New York . Chartered in 1867, its first passenger train ran in 1871. After several mergers and name changes, it was leased to the New York Central New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1873 for a term of 501 years. It was later wholly absorbed by the New York Central. Passenger service ceased in 1937. Only a few structures built by the company are extant. Early history Begun as an idea of the businessmen of Warren, Pennsylvania about 1833 to build a railway following the Conewango ... issued a charter for the Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railroad Company to sell stock, and on June ... Dunkirk, New York to at least Falconer, New York . The Dunkirk, Allegheny sometimes spelled Allegany ... Railway Company, and the Warren and Venango Railroad Company . Four days after incorporation, on January ... of 501 years. 1897 Financial Statement i D. A. V. & P. RAILROAD COMPANY Regular Annual Report to the State Railroad Commission Bureau of The Journal 467 Broadway Albany, Sept. 16, 1897 The regular annual report of the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburg railroad company for the year ending June 10, has been filed with the state railroad commission. The report shows br Gross earnings 206,851 ..., NY. September 16, 1897 ref Service history The DAV&P railroad connected with the Lake Shore and Michigan ... Louis Railroad aka Nickel Plate in Dunkirk the Erie Railroad in Jamestown, New York the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad in Warren, Pennsylvania later the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad .... References references http wnyrails.org railroads davp davp home.htm Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad http www.s363.com dkny davp.html personal gleanings from the locals DEFAULTSORT Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburgh Railroad Category Defunct New York railroads Category Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Category Predecessors of the New York Central Railroad Category Railway companies ... more details
just to carry logs between lakes on their way to the sawmill. AlleghenyPortageRailroad and Morris ... in Algonquin Park Portage or portaging refers to the practice of carrying watercraft or cargo over ... called a portage a person doing the carrying is called a porter carrier porter . The English word portage is derived from the French noun portage and verb porter to carry. Early French explorers ... coureurs des bois , Voyagers voyageurs and animal trapping trapper s used the French word portage ... portage railway s. Primitive portaging generally involves carrying the vessel and its contents across the portage in multiple trips. Small canoes can be portaged by carrying them inverted over one ... can be many kilometers in length as with the 19 km Methye Portage and the 8.5 mile 13.7 km Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage , both in North America and often cover hilly or difficult ... sometimes evolved into roads when sledges, rollers or oxen were used, as at Methye Portage . Sometimes railways were built Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad . The basic purpose of most canals is to avoid ... inspect the rapids and choose between the heavy work of a portage and the life threatening task ... and carried overland while the canoe was forced upstream . In the worst case a full portage was necessary ... would drop his pack at a pose about every half mile and go back for the next load. The time for a portage ... Volok by Roerich.jpg thumb Nicholas Roerich . At a Portage in Rus . Image Boat carrying wagon, Adk ... portage between the Volga and the Don. After the Varangian and Khazar power in Eastern Europe waned ... route . The names of the towns Volokolamsk and Vyshny Volochek may be translated as the portage on the Lama River and the upper portage , respectively the word volok means portage in Russian, derived ... tribes, shall begin at the mouth of Cayahoga river, and run thence up the same to the portage... . One historically important fur trade portage is now Grand Portage National Monument . Recreational ... more details
Trail of Maryland , a rail trail Rail AlleghenyRailroad , a railroad operating in northwestern Pennsylvania 1985 92 Allegheny Valley Railroad , a railroad operating in Western Pennsylvania since 1992 ...Allegheny , Alleghany , or Allegany may refer to tocright Geologic and geographic features Allegheny River , in Pennsylvania and New York Allegheny Mountains , part of the Appalachian Mountain Range in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia see List of mountains of the Alleghenies Allegheny Mountain Pennsylvania , major mountain ridge in the northern part of the Allegheny Mountains Little Allegheny Mountain , in Pennsylvania and Maryland Allegheny Mountain West Virginia Virginia , major mountain ridge in the southern part of the Allegheny Mountains Back Allegheny Mountain , in West Virginia Allegheny Plateau , which terminates in the east at the Allegheny Mountains Allegheny Front , the escarpment delineating the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountains, separating them from the lower Ridge and Valley Appalachians Allegheny Formation , a mapped bedrock unit of West ... County, North Carolina Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Alleghany County, Virginia Communities ... York Allegany village , New York Allegany, Oregon , unincorporated community Allegheny, Pennsylvania , a city annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1907 Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Protected areas Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Allegheny National Recreation Area , Pennsylvania Allegheny Wildlife Management Area , in Mineral County, West Virginia Public works Allegheny Mountain Tunnel , a vehicular tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Allegheny Reservoir , a reservoir on the Allegheny River Allegheny River Tunnel , a light ... more details
A portage railway is a short and possibly isolated section of railway used to bypass a section of Navigability unnavigable river or between two water bodies which are not directly connected. A portage railway is the opposite of a train ferry . Expand section date May 2008 Examples The following are or were locations of portage railways Australia Victor Harbor to Goolwa originally horse drawn mouth of Murray River often silted up or was useless due to low water levels. the first railway in Queensland started at the inland river port of Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich rather than the capital of Brisbane to save money. Twenty years later, the line was extended to Brisbane. several rail lines terminated at river ports, such as Robertson , Echuca , Bourke , Morgan , Brewarrina Brazil Madeira Mamor Railroad 365 km 227 mi along the huge rapids of upper Madeira River Madeira Canada Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company Nosbonsing & Nipissing Railway White Pass and Yukon Route Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Congo on Congo river Matadi Kinshasa Railway Congo Ocean Railway Ubundu to Kisangani , see Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Great lakes line first section Greece Corinth Canal Laos on Mekong river ref http www.asia planet.net laos discovery.htm Laos ref Panama Panama Railway Russia Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam Canal inclined plane ship elevator ref cite web url http www.e river.ru gallery shipelevator gal 01 title ref http englishrussia.com index.php 2007 12 07 from river to river Krasnoyarskaya Ship elevator United States AlleghenyPortageRailroad Morris Canal New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Portage Railway Category Portages Category Rail infrastructure Category Water transport Category Log transport rail stub ... more details
File 1964 Alaska Quake Portage Townsite.jpg thumb right 275px Portage just after the quake, the destruction and flooding clearly visible File Ruinsofportage.JPG thumb right A few ruined buildings and a stand of dead spruce trees preserved by saltwater are all that remains of Portage today Portage is a former settlement on Turnagain Arm in Alaska , about convert 47 mi south of Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage . ref gnis 1424602 ref The town was destroyed almost entirely in the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake when the ground in the area sank about six feet, putting most of it below sea level. All that remains today are the ruins of a few buildings and a ghost forest of trees that died after salt water inundated their root systems. Where there was once a town there is now only a railroad and road junction linking the Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad to Portage Glacier park and the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel , which leads to Whittier, Alaska Whittier . ref The Milepost , 59th edition, page 540 ISBN 9 781892 15421 ref References reflist Alaska stub coord missing Alaska Category Ghost towns in Alaska Category Geography of Anchorage, Alaska fr Portage Alaska ... more details
Wiktionary portagePortage may refer to one of the following. Portage , the practice of carrying a canoe or other boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route Portage software , the package management system for Gentoo Linux Places United States Portage, Alaska Portage, Indiana Portage, Michigan Portage town , New York Portage, Ohio Portage, Pennsylvania Portage, Utah Portage, Wisconsin Portage County disambiguation multiple Portage Des Sioux, Missouri near Saint Louis Portage Lake Keweenaw in northern Michigan Portage Lake, Maine Portage Glacier , Alaska Portage River Ohio in northwest Ohio Portage Township disambiguation multiple locations Grand Portage Indian Reservation , Minnesota, including Grand Portage, Minnesota Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage State Park Savanna Portage State Park , Minnesota Canada Portage, Prince Edward Island Portage la Prairie, Manitoba , Canada often referred to as Portage Winnipeg Route 85 , a road located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and locally known as Portage Avenue Elsewhere Portage, New Zealand disambig de Portage fr Portage it Portage ko nl Portage pl Portage pt Portage vo Portage ... more details
Portage County is the name of two counties in the United States Portage County, Ohio Portage County, Wisconsin geodis de Portage County es Condado de Portage fr Comt de Portage it Contea di Portage nl Portage County no Portage County nds Portage County pl Hrabstwo Portage pt Condado de Portage sv Portage County zh ... more details
Portage Township may refer to the following townships in the United States Indiana Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana Michigan Portage Township, Houghton County, Michigan Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan , former name of the city of Portage, Michigan Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan Minnesota Portage Township, Minnesota Missouri Portage Township, New Madrid County, Missouri Ohio Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio Portage Township, Summit County, Ohio defunct Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio Pennsylvania Portage Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Portage Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania Portage Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania South Dakota Portage Township, Brown County, South Dakota Geodis de Portage Township ... more details
through the Portage area was the Baltimore and ohio railroad Baltimore and Ohio in 1874. This railroad ...Infobox settlement official name City of Portage, Indiana settlement type City nickname mapsize 250x200px image map Porter County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Portage Highlighted.svg image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Seal of Portage IN.PNG map caption Location ... subdivision name3 Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana Portage government type leader title ... 2000 33496 footnote Source US Census Bureau Portage IPAc en icon p r t d is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana Portage Township , Porter County, Indiana Porter County , Indiana ... County, and third largest in Northwest Indiana . Geography Portage is located at coord 41.581850 ... The commercial airport nearest Portage is the Gary Chicago International Airport in Gary. Chicago ... and provide the bulk of flights servicing Portage. Coach USA s Tri State United Limo service stops at Central & Irving intersection, connecting Portage to Chicago s airports and several other North ... ref . Portage is also connected to Chicago, Illinois and South Bend, Indiana by the South Shore Line NICTD South Shore Line . Passengers can board the train at the Portage Ogden Dunes NICTD Portage Ogden Dunes Station , which is located immediately east of Ogden Dunes in Portage. Image PortageLakeMichiganShoreline.jpg thumb left The Chicago skyline as viewed from the Portage Lake Michigan skyline. Portage is intersected by several major highways, including Interstate 94 and Interstates ... located on the shores of Lake Michigan is the Port of Indiana . Parks Portage Parks offer a wide ... parks ref The Portage Public Marina offers boat launch and slips for public use. The marina ... thumb left The City of Portage public marina. Portage is also home of the Indiana Dunes National ... Portage. Robbins Pond for the pond in Massachusetts Robbins Pond Massachusetts Robbins Pond is located ... more details
Dablink There are also two places named Portage Township, Michigan disambiguation Portage Township, Michigan . Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info official name Portage other name native name for cities whose native name is not in English nickname settlement ... map Kalamazoo County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Portage Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of Portage, Michigan image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 image dot map dot ... blank4 info blank5 name blank5 info blank6 name blank6 info website http www.portagemi.gov City of Portage footnotes Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The population was 44,897 at the United States Census, 2000 2000 census . Portage is adjacent ... from the entirety of the former Portage Township on December 31, 1963. There are two public high school s in Portage, Portage Central High School Portage Central and Portage Northern High School Portage Northern . The pharmaceutical company Pfizer also has operations located there, which in recent years has caused much controversy due to layoff s. Portage is known for its extensive network .... Since the creation of the Portage Bikeway system in 1989, the trails have expanded to over convert 50 mi km , over five times as long as the city s expressways. Portage is also home to the Kalamazoo ... part of the city and was named for Moses Austin, who had emigrated to Portage Township from ... and Indiana Railroad in 1867. ref name Romig cite book last Romig first Walter authorlink Walter Romig ... City of Portage Kalamazoo County, Michigan Michigan Coord 42 12 04 N 85 34 48 W type city ... Portages in the United States Category Populated places established in 1963 de Portage Michigan fr Portage Michigan nl Portage Michigan pt Portage Michigan vo Portage Michigan ... more details
The Methye Portage or Portage La Loche in northwestern Saskatchewan was one of the most important portage s in the old fur trade fur trade route across Canada. It connected the Mackenzie River basin to rivers that ran east to the Atlantic. It was reached by Peter Pond in 1778 and abandonded in 1883 when steamboats began running on the Athabasca River with links to the railroad. It ranks with Grand Portage National Monument Grand Portage as one of the two most important and difficult portages in Canada. Methye is Cree and La Loche is French for a fish that is called Burbot in English. The Methye had been in use by indigenous peoples as a trade route for generations. They introduced it to Peter Pond ref Citation last Calverley first Dorthea author link title Peter Pond, Methye Portage and the First Northern Alberta Trading Post work History is Where You Stand A History of Peace publisher South Peace Historical Society url http www.calverley.ca Part 2002 20 20Fur 20Trade 2 005.html accessdate 2008 06 28 ref in 1778. Although Anthony Henday had come within sight of the Rocky Mountains in 1754 by overland routes to the south, the advance of western exploration was limited until this fur trade transportation route to the Athabasca opened. The portage was in constant use until 1883 when .... Furs were transported up the Clearwater River by crews who would bring them to the centre of the portage ... to Lac La Loche. The portage proper, which is 12 miles long, began at Wallis Bay on the north ... of the portage and were rarely carried across it. . The path ascends slowly from Rendezvous Lake ... and oxen were used. The portage road, which is wide enough for a wagon, is still visible. Leaving the portage the route went west down the Clearwater River into the Mackenzie River basin. External links Rendezvous Lake near the centre of Methye Portage Coord 56 40 55 N 109 48 55 W https sites.google.com site portagelaloche History of La Loche http esask.uregina.ca entry portage la loche.html ... more details
Portage Lake may refer to Placenames in the United States Portage Lake, Maine Portage Lakes, Ohio Lakes in the United States Portage Lakes Ohio Portage Lake Keweenaw , in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan Portage Lake Michigan , in Manistee County, Michigan Lake Margrethe in Crawford County, Michigan was formerly known as Portage Lake disambig ... more details
The name Portage River may refer to TOCright Canada Portage River Newfoundland , a tributary of the Churchill River Atlantic Churchill River Portage River Prince Edward Island , an inlet of Cascumpec Bay Portage River New Brunswick , a tributary of the Northwest Miramichi River Portage River Hardwicke Parish, New Brunswick , empties into southeastern Miramichi Bay Portage River Alberta , a tributary of the Peace River Canada Peace River United States Michigan Portage River Houghton County, Michigan , the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway Portage River Washtenaw County, Michigan , a tributary of the Huron River Michigan Huron River Portage River Jackson County, Michigan , a tributary of the Grand River Michigan Grand River Portage River St. Joseph County, Michigan , a tributary of the St. Joseph River Lake Michigan Minnesota Portage River Carlton County, Minnesota in Carlton County, Minnesota empties into Moose Lake Portage River Hubbard County, Minnesota in Hubbard County, Minnesota drains Portage Lake into Fish Hook Lake Portage River St. Louis County, Minnesota in St. Louis County, Minnesota empties into Nina Moore Lake Ohio Portage River Ohio empties into Lake Erie near Port Clinton, Ohio Historical uses The South Branch of the Chicago River was once called the Portage River disambig de Portage River ... more details
Allegheny Township may refer to Allegany Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania geodis ... more details
stack Infobox Glacier glacier name Portage Glacier image name PortageGlacierJuly2009 1.JPG caption Portage Glacier in 2009 type Mountain glacier location Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage and Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough , Alaska , United States U.S. coordinates coord 60 45 11 N 148 47 08 W type glacier scale 100000 display inline,title area length 6 miles 9.6 km thickness terminus glacial lake status retreating File NOAA Portage Glacier 1958.jpg thumb right 290px Portage Glacier has retreated substantially since this image was taken in 1958 Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska ref cite web url http www.topozone.com map.asp?lat 60.72707&lon 148.81896&s 100&size l&u 4&datum nad27&layer DRG title USGS Seward C 5 AK Topo Map publisher Topozone accessdate 2007 01 25 ref and is included within the Chugach National Forest . It is located south of Portage Lake Alaska Portage Lake and 6 km 4 mi west of Whittier, Alaska Whittier . Portage Glacier was a local name first recorded in 1898 by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey , so called because it is on a portage route between Prince William Sound and Turnagain Arm . Hundreds of years ago the glacier filled the entire Portage Valley, a distance ... 20Forest 20Home Portage Valley and Portage Glacier Welcome to the Land of Ice and Rock USFS ref The Nick .... Commercial boat tours are available. Geography Portage Glacier is located adjacent to Turnagain ... town of Portage, Alaska Portage , which was flooded and subsequently vacated following the 1964 Alaska earthquake . The Portage Glacier Road runs convert 6 mi , mostly past USFS campgrounds, to the Begich ... 20Forest 20Home Visitors Center References Commons Portage Glacier reflist Category Landforms ... Category Portages in the United States AnchorageAK geo stub KenaiPeninsulaAK geo stub de Portage Gletscher fr Glacier Portage lt Pervalkos ledynas ... more details
Infobox Bridge bridge name Portage Bridge image Portage Bridge Ottawa Hull.JPG thumb 250px caption Portage Bridge official name Portage Bridge Pont du Portage carries crosses locale maint id design mainspan length width height load clearance below traffic begin complete open closed toll map cue map image map text map width coordinates coord 45 25 20 N 75 42 49 W lat long coord 45 25 20 N 75 42 49 W display title The Portage Bridge Pont du Portage crosses the Ottawa River just down river from the Chaudi re Bridge , joining the communities of Gatineau , Quebec and Ottawa , Ontario , linking Rue Laurier Laurier Street and Boulevard Alexandre Tach Alexandre Tach Boulevard in the Hull, Quebec Hull sector of Gatineau and Wellington Street Ottawa Wellington Street at the Garden of the Provinces Garden of the Provinces and Territories in Ottawa, crossing Victoria Island on the way. The bridge was built by the National Capital Commission and opened in 1973. The bridge is named after the historic Portage Trail around the Chaudi re Falls and Rapids which ended near the present location of the bridge. See also List of bridges in Ottawa Spanning the Ottawa River List of bridges in Ottawa List of crossings of the Ottawa River External links http www.tc.gc.ca programs surface bridges portage.htm Transport Canada Crossings navbox structure Bridges place Ottawa River bridge Portage Bridge bridge signs upstream Chaudi re Bridge upstream signs downstream Alexandra Bridge downstream signs Gatineau Roads Category Bridges in Gatineau Category Bridges in Ottawa Category Bridges completed in 1973 Category Bridges over the Ottawa River Category Road bridges in Ontario Ottawa stub Canada bridge struct stub fr Pont du Portage ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Portage, Wisconsin settlement type City motto Images image skyline imagesize ... caption Location of Portage, Wisconsin image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type ... www.ci.portage.wi.us footnotes Image Portage Wisconsin aerial view.jpg thumb right Aerial view of Portage, Wisconsin Image PortageWisconsinDowntown1.jpg thumb right Downtown PortagePortage is a city .... The city is part of the Madison metropolitan area Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area . Portage was named for the Fox Wisconsin Waterway , a portage between the Fox River Wisconsin Fox River ... of a route to the Mississippi River in 1673. The city s slogan is Where the North Begins . Portage ... Area . Geography Portage is located at Coord 43 33 N 89 28 W city 43.5457, 89.4632 GR 1 . Portage ... L Isle map, showing the historic portage. The Native Americans in the United States Native American ... between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers as a natural portage . The France French fur traders described the place as le portage , which eventually lent itself to the name of the community. As a portage ... this trade. When the railroads came through, the community continued in this role. Portage ... waterway, linked at The Portage, served as the major fur trade thoroughfare between Green Bay, Wisconsin ... and warehouses at each end of The Portage. In 1828, the federal government recognized the strategic economic importance of The Portage and built Fort Winnebago at the Fox River end. After 15 years of controversy, Winnebago settlement now Portage won the county seat in 1851. The community incorporated as Portage City in 1854. The Portage business district lies along a hill that overlooks the Portage ... century. Cityscape When Portage was first established, the streets were laid out on a traditional ... commercial area that features big box stores. In the summer of 2007, the Portage Canal was cleaned ... include the Museum at the Portage, the Indian Agency house , the Surgeons Quarters , and the Children ... more details
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