Portal:Pennsylvania/Did you know/16




 * ... that the Franklin County Courthouse (pictured), in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, incorporates the walls and columns left after Confederate forces burned the previous courthouse during the American Civil War?
 * ... that the meandering Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad line took 77.2 mi to connect Baltimore, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania although the two cities are only 45 mi apart in a straight line?
 * ... that despite being the first hot blast iron furnace in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Furnace was idle for more than six of its first ten years of existence?
 * ... that the Pond Eddy Bridge, built in 1904, is the only artery to access 22 homes in Pennsylvania?
 * ... that Frank W. Preston invented the furnace which made Corelle glassware possible and worked to establish Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania?