Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDale Creek Bridge, Sherman, Wyoming, 1885. A dangerous crossing that required trains to slow down to 4mph.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageDale Creek Bridge, Sherman, Wyoming, 1885. A dangerous crossing that required trains to slow down to 4mph.sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoAnd how do you propose you get all those bricks to some remote pass in Wyoming in the late 19th century? There was 21,000 (non-native) people living in an area larger than the entire United Kingdom in 1880.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoI mean… A train? I get you though; built with what’s readily available to meet the needs of the time.
And how do you propose you get all those bricks to some remote pass in Wyoming in the late 19th century? There was 21,000 (non-native) people living in an area larger than the entire United Kingdom in 1880.
I mean… A train?
I get you though; built with what’s readily available to meet the needs of the time.