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Transcript:
Background music:Celtic-style guitar playing gentle melody throughout.
Sound effects:
Train locomotive, sounds of cars on the highway.
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Pennsylvania's Allegheny mountain landscape is the most rugged in the state. This rough terrain has led to monumental efforts to overcome the natural barrier...
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Panning shots of Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains, green with vegetation.
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...beginning with footpaths and covered wagon trails.
Video:
A frontier family riding in a covered wagon. Their wagon passes another on a dirt road.
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Traditional roads were most favored through the 1700s until...
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Illustration of an early Pennsylvania highway.
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The Pennsylvania Canal decreased the travel time from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh from six weeks to six days.
Video:
A photo of the canal taken from the river's edge, historical footage of a cargo ship floating down the canal.
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Though it was relatively efficient and fast, the era of the canal was short-lived.
Video:
Zoom in to a large boat carrying freight on the canal.
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"All aboard!"
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A railroad conductor calls for passengers to board a train.
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Railroads ruled from the mid-1800s.
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Vintage footage of a locomotive, including some shots from on the train, a photo of passengers waiting for a train.
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Until the 1940s when the modern Pennsylvania Turnpike was opened to the public.
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Footage of 1940s era vehicles speeding down the new Pennsylvania Turnpike. A car pulls into a tollbooth.
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