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The roadcut on the north side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Narrows water gap (where the Raystown Branch cuts through Evitts Mountain) exposes a continuous section of the Reedsville Formation, Bald Eagle Formation, Juniata Formation, and the Tuscarora Formation. The beds of the Bald Eagle are overturned, folded, and faulted.
Raystown Lake is a reservoir in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest lake that is entirely within Pennsylvania. The original lake was built by the Simpson family of Huntingdon as a hydroelectric project. The current 8,300-acre (34 km 2) Raystown Lake was completed in 1973 by the Army Corps of Engineers. Raystown is around 200 feet ...
In the 1890s—the first telephones are installed in the village by the Raystown Branch Telephone Company. [8] As the population grew, so did the one room school houses and churches in the village and surrounding township. ‘There was a doctor on 24-hour call who traveled by horse and buggy, and a midwife who delivered many babies.' [9]
The Terrace Mountain Trail is a 25.9-mile (41.7 km) linear hiking trail in south-central Pennsylvania, United States, which is mostly parallel to the shore of Raystown Lake. [1] The trail is open to both hiking and mountain biking. [2] The trail is maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers as part of its management of the Raystown Lake ...
In 2004, the EPA estimated that 16 billion US gallons (61,000,000 m 3) of raw sewage were discharged annually from outfalls into Pittsburgh area waterways. [6] As of 2009, there are about 70 days a year when contact with river water in the Pittsburgh area is not recommended due to combined or sanitary sewer overflows. [7]
South Side Slopes is located at 40.42 N and 79.97 W. [6] The area South Side Slopes covers is approximately 0.716 square miles (1.85 km 2) or 460.632 acres. [7] It is made up of many slopes with elevations ranging from 791 feet (241 m) to 1,174 feet (358 m).
The Narrows is a water gap where the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River passes through Evitts Mountain in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Both U.S. Route 30 (part of the Lincoln Highway) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike pass through the gap. It is located in the townships of Snake Spring and Bedford.
In 1884, German-American Henry J. Heinz purchased several lots on the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. [6] From 1888 through 1906, approximately twenty buildings were built or purchased, mostly of wood and beam construction. [7] From 1906 through 1930, new buildings in the complex were made of steel and concrete instead of wood.