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Thomas viaduct

I visited this place upon a friend's suggestion. It is an old stone bridge that is a US National Historic Landmark. The rest of description I will present ...
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I visited this place upon a friend's suggestion. It is an old stone bridge that is a US National Historic Landmark. The rest of description I will present from Wikipedia: "It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O); built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip E. Thomas, the company's first president.
At its completion, the Thomas Viaduct was the largest bridge in the United States and the country's first multi-span masonry railroad bridge to be built."
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