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June 9, 1868

Railroad linking Franklin Iron Works to the B&O near Raccoon Creek authorized

The governor approved an act authorizing George Hardman and D. Randolph Martin to locate and construct a railroad from the Franklin Iron Works in Preston County to a point on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near the mouth of Raccoon Creek in the same county.

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