Allegheny Ridge

The School of thought for the Allegheny Ridge area is a technological determinist school of thought. The area was built up around the railroad, canals and harvest of natural resources. To accomplish all of this, technology needed to be used to gather resources but also move them out of the area. For this reason, this area focuses on the technological determinist school of thought.

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http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/heritageparks/alleghenyridge.aspx

•The cities of Altoona and Johnstown mark the anchor communities of the Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area. Few places in Pennsylvania symbolize American technical prowess and the emergence of the Keystone state as an industrial giant more than the conquering of the Ridge, a 1,200-foot obstacle rising above the Altoona and Hollidaysburg area

Random Factoids

 

· Centered around Altoona and Johnstown

· Demonstrates PA’s technological and engineering abilities

· 26 major attractions including:

· Horseshoe curve

· Johnstown flood historic site

· And many others

· 320 mile corridor

· Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset counties

· Approximately 300,000 people

· Railroaders Memorial Museum