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A couple months ago, I saw something about a grade across a PA mountain pass that was essentially built entirely by hand by Irish labor.

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 13 '20, 07:02

It was quite the engineering feat, and I've already forgotten the name of it.

But from pioneer wagon trails, the Erie canal, early rail, early pikes and roads, to modern infrastructure yeah. Your state has it all.

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Neat. Will have to look that up. - znufrii Nov 13, 07:03 1
- It was nerdy useless information, so I'm guessing I got it from PBS? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 07:05

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A couple months ago, I saw something about a grade across a PA mountain pass that was essentially built entirely by hand by Irish labor.

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