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 mi 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?