The Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad was a

gravity railroad A gravity railroad (American English) or gravity railway (British English) is a railroad on a slope that allows cars carrying minerals or passengers to coast down the slope by the force of gravity alone. The speed of the cars is controlled by a bra ...

established to ship anthracite coal in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1850 and covered 47 miles to the

Delaware and Hudson Canal The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first venture of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, which would later build the Delaware and Hudson Railway. Between 1828 and 1899, the canal's barges carried anthracite coal from the mines of northeaster ...

. It was succeeded by the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad in 1885. A historical marker commemorates the line. Old Gravity Road and the village of Gravity were named for it.

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{{Reflist 1885 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Transport infrastructure completed in 1850 Railroad attractions in the United States 1850 establishments in Pennsylvania

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