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The Tapeworm Railroad (Gettysburg Rail Road) was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge of South Mountain after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging. Switchbacks were planned on the west slope at Hughs Forge along the E Br Antietam Creek ("Cold Spring Cr" in 1839) and on the east slope at Stevens' 1822 Maria Furnace along Toms Creek (Monocacy River), with 3 east slope tunnels through spurs of .

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rdfs:comment	The Tapeworm Railroad (Gettysburg Rail Road) was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge of South Mountain after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging. Switchbacks were planned on the west slope at Hughs Forge along the E Br Antietam Creek ("Cold Spring Cr" in 1839) and on the east slope at Stevens' 1822 Maria Furnace along Toms Creek (Monocacy River), with 3 east slope tunnels through spurs of . (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania Railway companies disestablished in 1839 McPherson Ridge Old Forge, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Monterey, Pennsylvania Antietam Creek McPherson Ridge railway cut American companies disestablished in 1839 Western Maryland Railway Iron Springs, Pennsylvania Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Battle of Gettysburg, First Day Herman Haupt American companies established in 1838 Jacks Mountain Tunnel 1838 establishments in Pennsylvania Predecessors of the Western Maryland Railway Thaddeus Stevens Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway Toms Creek (Monocacy River) Western Extension (Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway) Willoughby Run Railway companies established in 1838 South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania) Green Ridge Seminary Ridge Railway line Highfield, Maryland Maria Furnace dbr:Jacks_Mountain_(South_Mountain) dbr:Wiktionary:viaduct
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has abstract	The Tapeworm Railroad (Gettysburg Rail Road) was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge of South Mountain after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging. Switchbacks were planned on the west slope at Hughs Forge along the E Br Antietam Creek ("Cold Spring Cr" in 1839) and on the east slope at Stevens' 1822 Maria Furnace along Toms Creek (Monocacy River), with 3 east slope tunnels through spurs of . In 1836, Herman Haupt had surveyed the "road from Gettysburg across South Mountain to the Potomac" and in 1838, the rail "bed" was "graded for a number of miles, never got further than Monterey", and included the following (west-to-east): * single-arch roadway bridge over Toms Creek west of Iron Springs, Pennsylvania * multi-arch bridge * viaduct at Virginia Mills * deep cut near Marsh Creek * elevated railbed on banks of Willoughby Run * McPherson Ridge railway cut, site of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg military engagements on McPherson Ridge * Seminary Ridge railway cut After Thaddeus Stevens lost his position on the Canal Commission, the commonwealth ended the railroad's financing and work was suspended in 1838, and an 1839 survey was ordered of the planned line. The Tapeworm Railroad right-of-way was later used by the Susquehanna, Gettysburg and Potomac Railway and its successor, the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway to build a line from Gettysburg west to Highfield, Maryland. These companies were acquired by the Western Maryland Railway in 1917. (en)
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