Marsh, a native of Campton, New Hampshire, had made his fortune in Chicago's meat-packing industry and was considered by his contemporaries to be a creative and innovative thinker. However, upon first presenting his idea to members of the New Hampshire Legislature, they laughed at Sylvester Marsh and said that he "might as well build a railway to the Moon." Undaunted, Marsh began the task of building his mountain climbing railway and now you can "Ride the World's First Mountain Climbing Train", the only Cog Railway East of the Rockies, to the Top of Mount Washington - the Highest Peak in New England!
Marsh, a native of Campton, New Hampshire, had made his fortune in Chicago's meat-packing industry and was considered by his contemporaries to be a creative and innovative thinker. However, upon first presenting his idea to members of the New Hampshire Legislature, they laughed at Sylvester Marsh and said that he "might as well build a railway to the Moon." Undaunted, Marsh began the task of building his mountain climbing railway and now you can "Ride the World's First Mountain Climbing Train", the only Cog Railway East of the Rockies, to the Top of Mount Washington - the Highest Peak in New England!
The ice covering Summit is called Rime Ice and it has to be shipped away so that the instruments work properly no matter what the weather conditions are like. They have rope fences that they can hold onto that are held to the ground threw needle like rods that they hammer into the stone.
If ever you have a chance to experience this natural wonder of ours, do it! If not, I hope this has helped to bring you a little closer to it and my world!
World Record Wind For nearly sixty-two years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of the Earth: 231 miles per hour, recorded April 12, 1934 by Mount Washington Observatory staff.
Some of the plants are rare or endangered, including one on Mt. Washington, Robbins Cinquefoil, that is found nowhere else on earth.
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Marsh, a native of Campton, New Hampshire, had made his fortune in Chicago's meat-packing industry and was considered by his contemporaries to be a creative and innovative thinker. However, upon first presenting his idea to members of the New Hampshire Legislature, they laughed at Sylvester Marsh and said that he "might as well build a railway to the Moon." Undaunted, Marsh began the task of building his mountain climbing railway and now you can "Ride the World's First Mountain Climbing Train", the only Cog Railway East of the Rockies, to the Top of Mount Washington - the Highest Peak in New England!

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