NH's famous Cog Railway: June 4, 6:30pm

     

     On Monday June 4^th at 6:30 pm Jonathan Hively will present a lecture about his time working for the Mount Washington Cog Railway. Jon worked for the railway as a fireman, brakeman and engineer from 1974-1986. He recently completed a book about his experience entitled “First Out: My Life on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway”. Jon will bring a few items from his extensive collection of antiques and paraphernalia related to the Cog to share with the audience. Copies of his book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. 

     The first mountain climbing cog railway in the world will celebrate its 150^th anniversary in 2019. The train makes a spectacular climb up a 3 mile long trestle to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington.

     Jonathan Hively lives in North Conway, NH. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. Jon studied at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio in applied music and graduated from Thomas Edison College, Trenton, NJ with a Bachelor of Arts. He is also well known for his bagpipe playing.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information call the Library at 603-516-6050.