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Incredible black-and-white pictures capture how railroads and steamboats helped forge its future..
UK Daily Mail ^
| July 19, 2012
| Staff
Posted on 07/20/2012 6:29:52 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
I grew up about 1.5 Mile from that Rail Road High Bridge(it’s still there, commonly known by the Locals(Boone County, IA) as the “Kate Shelley High Bridge”)). I walked across it when I was around 10 or so.
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posted on
07/20/2012 11:35:23 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: iowamark
Great pictures at the link.You were lucky.
I gave up trying to get in afer 15 minutes.
Maybe in a few days.
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07/20/2012 5:10:33 PM PDT
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publius911
(Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
To: C19fan
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07/26/2012 4:07:12 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: BubbaBobTX
That Baldwin locomotive had the horse power to pull 100 loaded cars at 120 MPH.
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07/26/2012 4:36:06 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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