Mount Washington Cog Railway

Summary

Mount Washington Cog Railway is a rack railway^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of rack_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mount Washington Cog Railway is located in Coös County^[3].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway is in the country of United States^[4].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's image is recorded as Mount Washington Cog Railway October 2021 015 edit.jpg^[5].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's instance of is recorded as rack railway^[6].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's founder is recorded as Sylvester Marsh^[7].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131583019^[8].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2009056348^[9].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's Commons category is recorded as Mount Washington Cog Railway^[10].
• +1869-07-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mount Washington Cog Railway^[11].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.27388888888889, 'lon': -71.33194444444445}^[12].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021d9l^[13].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's official website is recorded as http://www.thecog.com/^[14].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's track gauge is recorded as 1422 mm track gauge^[15].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cog-Railway^[16].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[17].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7648835^[18].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's date of official opening is recorded as +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4.8'}^[20].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's ASCE Historical Civil Engineering Landmark ID is recorded as mount-washington-cog-railway^[21].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's rack system is recorded as Riggenbach rack system^[22].
• Mount Washington Cog Railway's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/ee4a87f1-e73e-4863-b7b1-70dc8e95daf9^[23].

Body

Geography

Mount Washington Cog Railway is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Coös County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Mount Washington Cog Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+4.8'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Mount Washington Cog Railway's instance of is recorded as rack railway^[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[17].

History and Context

+1869-07-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mount Washington Cog Railway^[11].

Why It Matters

Mount Washington Cog Railway ranks in the top 5% of rack_railway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]