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Photo Essay
Lake George – 3

Photograph by Rajender Krishan, July 2, 2005

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These are the remains of the bull wheel and masonry ruins of the summit terminal. In 1875 a 7,392 feet long cable railway was built at a cost of $110,000 that operated from the edge of the mountain at Lake George village to the summit. The fare on this cable railway was 50 cents per passenger – when the average wages were only $3.00 per week!

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