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J. Edgar Thompson was born here and became the first chief engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1847 to 1852 and its third president from 1852 to 1874. He was responsible for construction of the main line from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh and for the system’s expansion to the Mississippi River.
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