Editing Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania (section)

==Transportation==
Mount Carbon was the terminus of the original [[Philadelphia and Reading Railway]], opened in 1842. Mount Carbon was a very active location along the Canal. The Hotel which was located at the present Pottsville Pizzeria, was rumored to have royalty stay there on their travels.

South Centre Street, Main Street, Sherwood Drive and the Mt. Carbon Arch are the only streets of the borough. [[Pennsylvania Route 61]] passes to the east of Mount Carbon and access is provided by a bridge over the [[Schuylkill River]]. The [[Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad]] operates along the former tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, later known as the [[Reading Company]].