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Early Telegraph PA476

First commercial telegraph line in the U.S. ran along this railroad right-of-way. Completed from Lancaster to Harrisburg, 1845. The first message, "Why don't you write, you rascals?" was received, Jan.8, 1846.

Pa230, 3.1 miles SE of Elizabethtown. Lancaster County Pennsylvania.


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