Category:Ashley Planes

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The Ashley Planes was a historic freight cable railroad situated along three separately powered inclined plane sections located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania between Ashley, Pennsylvania at the foot, and via the Solomon cutting to the yard in Mountain Top over 1,000 feet (300 m) above. It was initially built between 1837-38 by Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's subsidiary Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad.

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Ashley Planes 
former cable railway in Pennsylvania
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  • cable railway
Location
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Inception
  • 1837
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
  • 1948
Map41° 11′ 26.16″ N, 75° 54′ 37.08″ W
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Wikidata Q4805552
NRHP reference number: 80003562
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