Thread: May 24th, 2016: First US Commercial Railroad
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Old 05-24-2016, 10:06 AM   #4
Clodfobble
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A single horse could pull three cars loaded with 16 tons of rock over wooden rails plated with iron.
One horse can pull 16 tons? That's astounding.
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