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Pennsylvania
Railroad Company was chartered by the Pennsylvania legislature on April 13, 1846 to build a private railroad line from
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Portal of the abandoned tunnel of the
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954:"PRR Chronology, 1904"
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902:"PRR Chronology, 1857"
876:"PRR Chronology, 1853"
850:"PRR Chronology, 1854"
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688:"PRR Chronology, 1847"
662:"PRR Chronology, 1846"
636:"PRR Chronology, 1838"
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226:Elizabethtown Tunnel
187:East Taylor Township
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