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Thomas Leiper, 1820
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Head and shoudlers view.

Credit: Courtesy of the NYPL digital gallery, New York Public Library

After the Pennsylvania legislature refused to grant his 1790 request to build a canal, Thomas Leiper, a successful businessman who had helped finance the American Revolution, built the nation's first rail line to carry stone from his quarry to Ridley Creek.

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