ID: 10103098
HOOVER-MASON TRESTLE, BETHLEHEM
Bethlehem (Lehigh), Pennsylvania, United States
The Hoover-Mason Trestle (HMT) was once used as a narrow gauge railroad to carry the coke, limestone and iron ore needed to make the iron from the ore yards to the blast furnaces. Now a public walkway designed to be part museum, part community recreation resource and part attraction, the trestle stands 46 feet tall and 2,000 feet long. Opened on June 25, the Hoover-Mason Trestle is located along the blast furnaces with one entrance at the Visitor Center and another at either end of the Gas Bl...