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First Train Order Transmitted by Telegraph

Harriman, New York
Historical Marker Database · Mary Ellen Coghlan
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From this site, the first train order was transmitted by telegraph in 1851 from Harriman to Goshen by order of Charles Minot of the Erie Railroad.
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Harriman, New York · United States

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