Portal:Pennsylvania/Did you know/29

... that the Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4859 (pictured) pulled the first electric train from Philadelphia to Harrisburg in 1938 and was designated a state symbol of Pennsylvania in 1987?
... that Memorial Park Site in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, contains prehistoric cultural deposits up to 8,000 years old?
... that the Dickson Tavern is the oldest building in Erie, Pennsylvania?
... that Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon transported their zenith telescope, on a featherbed, 31 miles (50 km) from Philadelphia to Star Gazers' Stone to begin surveying the Mason–Dixon line?
... that in the 19th century, Ganoga Lake in Pennsylvania had a hotel, its own ice cutting company, and a branch railroad line to serve both?

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