Ashley Planes

Ashley Planes
Abutments from the Ashley Planes in 2009
LocationOff Pennsylvania Route 309 in Fairview Township and Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°11′26″N 75°54′37″W / 41.19056°N 75.91028°W / 41.19056; -75.91028
Area160.3 acres (64.9 ha)
Built1837, 1860s, 1909
Built byDouglas, Edwin A.; LC&N.
NRHP reference No.80003562
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 1980

Ashley Planes was a historic freight cable railroad in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. They consisted of three separately powered inclined-plane sections between Ashley, Pennsylvania, at the foot, and via the Solomon cutting the yard in Mountain Top more than 1,000 feet (300 m) higher. They were built in 1837 and 1838 by the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (L&S), a subsidiary of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company.

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