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The History of Railway

The History of Railway

by Joseph H. Butler | Sep 14, 2017 | Reading Viaduct Update

The Pennsylvania Community awarded a railroad charter in 1846 to build the first railway line to connect Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Among the selected builders was John Edgar Thomson, a technician from Georgia Railroad, to design the line. He had chosen a route along...

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