Tapeworm Railroad
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tapeworm-railroad-268-11595997
title:
Tapeworm Railroad
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The Tapeworm Railroad was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge of South Mountain after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging. Switchbacks were planned on the west slope at Hughs Forge along the E Br Antietam Creek and on the east slope at Stevens' 1822 Maria Furnace along Toms Creek, with 3 east slope tunnels through spurs of Jacks Mountain. In 1836,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworm_Railroad
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2023-10-30T11:38:49Z
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