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| | Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA - RR History of Washington Co, 1882 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | That company having been incorporated by the Legislature of Maryland at their December session in the year 1826, applied to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for authority to construct their road through this State to or towards a terminus on the Ohio. |
 | | In 1829 the engineers of the company commenced the exploration of routes through Pennsylvania, and this was soon followed by preliminary surveys, extending through several years, a very thorough examination being made of a wide range of country, extending from the mouth of Dunkard Creek northward as far as the northern limits of Washington County. |
 | | A report on the western part of the proposed route was made by the company's chief engineer, Jonathan Wright, Esq., of Washington County, in 1836, and, being favorable for the construction of the road, it awakened considerable interest and enthusiasm among the people of the Monongahela Valley. |
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