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2 unusual facts about Sylvester Marsh


Sylvester Marsh

He obtained a charter for the road on 25 June 1858, but the American Civil War prevented any action until May 1866.

During the construction of this road, it was visited by a Swiss engineer, who took away drawings of the machinery and track, from which a similar railway was built up Mount Rigi in Switzerland (see Rigi Railways).



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