Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrical Heritage Route

Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrical Heritage Route

Parks Directory of the United States / National Heritage Areas

Address: 105 Zee Plaza
PO Box 565
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Phone: 814-696-9380;
Fax: 814-696-9569;
Web: www.sphpc.org
Established: Authorized on November 19, 1988.
Location: 500-mile route across the Alleghenies through nine counties in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Special Features: Features hundreds of sites relating to the nation’s industrial story. Included are the Altoona Railyards, the Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Museum (see separate entry), the steel mills of Johnstown, and Horseshoe Curve, a 19th century engineering marvel built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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