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Title: Guide-book of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and its connections through the coal-fields of Pennsylvania
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Harper, firm, publishers, New York. (1864. Harper & brothers) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s-quehanna. It is situated in the midst of beautiful scen-ery, to which the mountains contribute the principalcharm. The town has several grist, flour, and saw mills,and tanneries, and its population in 1850 was 2822. Claris Ferry is a station fourteen miles above Har-risburg. The river is dammed here to feed the Pennsyl-vania Canal. On the opposite side is the SusquehannaCanal. At Clarks Ferry we are opposite the mouth ofthe Juniata River, which is one of the chief affluents ofthe Susquehanna. This river is formed by the junctionof Frankstown and Raystown branches, which rise inthe Alleghany ridge, and flows eastwardly to its junc-tion with the Susquehanna, fifteen miles above Harris-burg. Along this river extends the Pennsylvania Cen-tral Railroad and the Pennsylvania Canal. Clarks Ferry is in the vicinity of Peters Mountain.Indeed, from this point to Harrisburg the Susquehannamakes its way through mountains on each side; the riv-er is very shallow, though of considerable width, and
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. %*l here, as throughout its course, is dotted at frequent in-tervals with small islands. At the junction of the,Juni-ata with the Susquehanna is Duncans Island, now a favorite resort in summer forvisitors from Harrisburg. The scenery in this vicinityhas all the charming features, heightened to an unusualdegree, which make the Susquehanna the most beautifulof American rivers. Dauphin, eight miles above Harrisburg, is a thrivingvillage, which in 1850 contained a population of 1451 in-habitants. The line of the main division of the Penn-sylvania Canal passes through it. Dauphin is situatedon the east bank of the river. Here is the junction ofthe Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad from Harris-burg to Auburn. Leaving Dauphin, we cross the river over the DauphinBridge, three quarters of a mile long, and proceed toMarysville, on the west bank. Here is the crossing ofthe Pennsylvania Central Railway. Near Marysvillethere is a natural dam, over which the river

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