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Summary
This photo was taken sometime in the late 1800s. Muleshoe was part of the improvements made by the state to the Allegheny Portage Railroad in the early- to mid-1850s. Sometimes referred to as 'the road to avoid the planes' or the 'New Portage', these improvements bypassed the slow inclined planes on the Allegheny Portage Railroad over a period of several years. The section where the Muleshoe was located opened on July 1, 1855 and made it possible to bypass Plane No. 8. The Muleshoe and the rest of the portage were abandoned on November 1, 1857. The eastern section of the 'New Portage' - from Gallitzin to Duncansville - was reopened by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early 1900s. The culvert under the Muleshoe was rebuilt as a single arch with Blair Gap Run passing under the roadway. This arrangement exists today.