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The Great Allentown Fair in 1941. From its earliest days in the 19th century, horse racing was a popular event at the Allentown Fair. In 1902, the Allentown Fairgrounds' half-mile track was regarded as "one of the finest in the country." [10] At the Great Allentown Fair in 1905, racehorse Dan Patch set a record of 2:01 on the half-mile track. [11]
Allentown Fairgrounds. Allentown Fairgrounds is located at 302 North 17th Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It hosts the Great Allentown Fair annually in late August and early September. The fairgrounds was established in 1889 and comprises 46 acres and is owned and operated by the Lehigh County Agricultural Society. [1]
The Lehigh Valley Transit Company (LVT) was a regional transport company that was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company began operations in 1901, as an urban trolley and interurban rail transport company. It operated successfully into the 1930s, but struggled financially during the Great Depression, and was saved from ...
Pennsylvania Route 29 ( PA 29) is a 118-mile-long (190 km) north–south state highway that runs through most of eastern Pennsylvania. The route currently has a southern and northern segment. The southern segment runs from U.S. Route 30 (US 30) near Malvern north to Interstate 78 (I-78)/ PA 309 near Allentown.
WV 69 at West Virginia state line in Wayne Township: PA 5 in Lake City: 1927: current Currently the longest state route in Pennsylvania. PA 19: 174: 280 Lewistown: Darbytown: 1926: 1928 Renumbered PA 39 to avoid conflict with US 19; now US 522, US 11, US 6, and PA 652. PA 21: 50.751 [15] 81.676
Pennsylvania Route 73 (PA 73) is a 62.32-mile (100.29 km) long east–west state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania. It runs from PA 61 near Leesport southeast to the New Jersey state line on the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River in Philadelphia , where the road continues south as New Jersey Route 73 .
The original Pennsylvania Route 3 was the designation for the William Penn Highway running from Hanover Township to Easton.After its decommissioning in 1930, PA 3 was renumbered in several areas to extend active routes, including US 22 from the WV/PA state line to Harrisburg, PA 60 from Robinson Township to Pittsburgh, US 322 from Harrisburg to Hershey, US 422 from Hershey to Wyomissing, US ...
America on Wheels is an over-the-road transportation museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania.. The 43,000 square feet (4,000 m 2) museum offers over 23,000 square feet (2,100 m 2) of exhibit space divided into three main galleries and several smaller exhibits.