Talk:Johnstown Inclined Plane
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[edit] History
The History section of this article was a copyvio from inclinedplane.com. The technical section of this article was a copyvio from inclinedplane.com as well. I've blanked both sections to fix the copyright violation, but someone should reword the article in their own words - not those of inclinedplane.com. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 18:13, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Purely technical information is fact, and it's public domain under Feist v. Rural. I'm partially relisting.--M@rēino 18:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- I added back in the history and a brief bit on the engineer, put in inline citations, removed the stubs, and updated the PA project tag here. Unfortunately, I also discovered the picture used is almost certainly copy vio, so I tagged that and listed it at WP:PUI. Anyone near Johnstown with a camera want to get a decent picture? ;-) Ruhrfisch 02:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] trails
i would like to add that while the website says the sculpture trail is to your left, it is actually to your right.
--Pndfam05 19:05, 17 September 2007 (UTC) I suppose right/left is determined by your relative location. If at the top, the sculpture is on the right. If on the bottom, the sculpture is on the left.
[edit] Haunted?
There was a mine at the bottom of the walking trail that blew up in the earlier part of the 20th century, killing more than 100 men. There are several local legends about the ghost of a coal miner dressed in 1900s gear who wanders the trail. There are also stories about the ghost of a young boy who was also killed in the mines. I think this is worth making into a new section on the Inclined Plane article, although nothing has ever been proved. If there are no objections, I'm going to go ahead and create this section. Thanks. SaintJimmy505 (talk) 17:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Anything like this has to be sourced to reliable sources - just adding something unsourced on a haunted funicular will get reverted pretty quickly, I'd imagine. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
