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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Electric Trolley Bed
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Structure Number:
| RR02
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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1.
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Gettysburg Electric Railway Bed & Abutments
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Park:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| Pennsylvania
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Structure County:
| Adams
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Region:
| Northeast
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Cluster:
| Chesapeake
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Administrative Unit:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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LCS ID:
| 080808
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 01/23/2004
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
| Trolleys carried tourists from Gettysburg to Devil's Den, Valley of Death & Little Round Top section of Battlefield. Its removal resulted from a landmark 1896 Supreme Court case affirming eminent domain in Park for preservation purposes.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1894
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AD
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Hoffer, Gettysburg Electric Railway
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Engineer
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Rail-Related
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Primary Current Use:
| Pedestrian-Related
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Trail/Walk
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Earth
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2.
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Superstructure
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Stone
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Short Physical Description:
| Rail bed exists as pedestrian trail along Plum Run at Devils Den, runs N through Rose Farm & stops near The Loop. Pair of cut stone block abutments over Rose Run, 5' high, 25' long & approx 10' apart.
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