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The Spaventa Switchback is the section of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail running from the Manayunk Bridge to Rock Hill Road. The property was formerly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a spur and switchback serving the Pencoyd Iron Works. After the Pennsylvania Railroad went bankrupt in the 1970s, the property was sold for commercial development. In 2008, Donato Spaventa sold the property to Lower Merion Township to extend the Cynwyd Heritage Trail to the intersection of Rock Hill Road and Belmont Avenue, creating an important connection between the trail and the Belmont Hills and College Park neighborhoods. The purchase was made using Montgomery County Open Space Funds.
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Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · United States
