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“I propose the following improvements” – Opening the Williamstown Tunnel

Posted on July 13, 2017April 20, 2018 by Jake Wynn

In a report written in April 1857, Joseph Ostermann details his work in opening the Williamstown Tunnel in Upper Dauphin County.

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