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Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad

Index Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad

The Pittsburgh, Westmoreland, & Somerset Railroad (PW&S) was a short-lived railroad that connected the Pennsylvania communities of Ligonier and Somerset, running over a mountain known as Laurel Hill or Laurel Mountain. [1]

20 relations: Andrew Mellon, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Bluestone, Forbes State Forest, Herman Husband, Laurel Summit State Park, Ligonier Valley Railroad, Ligonier, Pennsylvania, Linn Run State Park, Loyalhanna Creek, Mellon Financial, New York City, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh, Quemahoning Tunnel, Richard B. Mellon, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, South Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Andrew Mellon

Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A.W., was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Bluestone

Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building stone varieties, including.

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Forbes State Forest

Forbes State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #4.

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Herman Husband

Herman Husband (1724–1795), also known as Harmon Husband, was a farmer, radical, pamphleteer, author, and preacher.

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Laurel Summit State Park

Laurel Summit State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Ligonier Valley Railroad

The Ligonier Valley Railroad connected the communities of Latrobe and Ligonier, Pennsylvania, approximately apart, between 1877 and 1952.

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Ligonier, Pennsylvania

Ligonier is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Linn Run State Park

Linn Run State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Cook and Ligonier Townships, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Loyalhanna Creek

Loyalhanna Creek is a long tributary of the Kiskiminetas River in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Mellon Financial

Mellon Financial Corporation was one of the world's largest money management firms.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Quemahoning Tunnel

The Quemahoning Tunnel is a tunnel that was constructed for use on the stillborn South Pennsylvania Railroad.

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Richard B. Mellon

Richard Beatty Mellon (March 19, 1858 – December 1, 1933), sometimes R.B., was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Somerset, Pennsylvania

Somerset is a borough in and the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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South Pennsylvania Railroad

The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed but never completed Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth-century.

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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Westmoreland_and_Somerset_Railroad

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