The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . und andpasses along within a few feet of the place of deviation, on the oppo-site side of the ridge. The above figure exhibits a view of the sceneon the eastern side, and the passage of the railroad through the ridge,whose position to the river is somewhat like the blade of a sword—the massive handle representing the mountain, while the projectingblade shows the nature of the rocky ridge around which the stream isforced to travel. In re-appearing on the western
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The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . und andpasses along within a few feet of the place of deviation, on the oppo-site side of the ridge. The above figure exhibits a view of the sceneon the eastern side, and the passage of the railroad through the ridge, whose position to the river is somewhat like the blade of a sword—the massive handle representing the mountain, while the projectingblade shows the nature of the rocky ridge around which the stream isforced to travel. In re-appearing on the western side of the ridge, theriver has descended some twenty feet or more, and is crossed by astone viaduct. This is one of the finest specimens of massive architec-ture to be found in this country—consisting of a single arch, with aspan of eighty feet, and nearly seventy-five feet above the water of thestream. While it can scarcely be surpassed in the neatness and sym-metrical proportions of the design, it is as durable as the eternal foun-dation upon which it rests. The Conemaugh, passing through the13 T 146 LOCOMOTIVE SKETCHES.. THE Bia VIADUCT, AND THE SHARP EIDGE ON THE WESTERN SIDE. Big Viaduct in a north-eastern course, soon winds round again, and de-scends towards the west. A short distance from the viaduct, therefore, it again crosses the railroad, or rather, the railroad crosses it, with asplendid iron and wooden bridge, having an elevation of seventy-threefeet. The bridge is approached through a cut over one hundred feet