All posts tagged "bridge"
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18.9K2ConnecticutThe Tariffville Disaster Inspires the First Emergency Phone Call
The Tariffville disaster, a train wreck near Hartford, prompted the first-ever emergency telephone call when a doctor summoned help from a local...
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14.5K6Business and LaborKing of the Log Drives: The New England Riverman
In the vanished days of log drives, the riverman was the most special of the special breed of men who logged the...
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13.6K4Politics and MilitaryThe Vermont Sleeping Sentinel: A Strange Civil War Legacy
When William Scott of Groton, Vt., signed up to fight for the Union at the start of the Civil War, the eager,...
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