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Leiper Railway PA1140 Print E-mail
Built, 1809-10, by Thomas Leiper; surveyed by John Thompson. It was the first railway in Pennsylvania, and the first in America to be surveyed. The railway was used to transport stone from quarries on Crum Creek to the landing on Ridley Creek, a distance of 3/4 mile. It crossed the highway here.
SR 2008 (Bullens Ln.) E of Pa320, Nether Providence Twp.. Delaware County Pennsylvania.
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