David R. Starbuck (Author)
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 20
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 101-118
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: IA IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Language: English
The Mount Washington Cog Railway is one of New Hampshire's most spectacular industrial sites. While there are other cog railways, it is the only one to be powered by steam, and it has taken visitors to the top of Mount Washington — the highest mountain in the northeastern United States — since 1869 when the railway was completed.Among its distinctions — and there are many — is that it was the first cog railway ever constructed, preceding those in Europe by a few years. Even today it is the second steepest cog railway in the world, with a maximum grade of over 37 percent. And it received the only exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency to burn exceptionally lowgrade, high-polluting coal.
...MoreArticle David R. Starbuck (1994) An Introduction to New Hampshire Industrial Archeology. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 4-18).
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