Rail roads and their tracks.

[buckeyefarmer]

Ever noticed how many public buildings barely last 50 yrs without being replaced ?

 

[MossRoad]

We sang that song in grade school.

There is also the Ohio Erie Canal from Cleveland to the Ohio river in Portsmouth.
1827-1861, then as a water source until 1913.

Ohio and Erie Canal - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Nice! Thanks.

An interesting item I read in that link...

Notable persons associated with the canal​

As a teenager during 1847, James Garfield worked as a "hoggee", driving mules to pull barges along the canal.[11] After repeatedly falling into the canal on the job Garfield became ill and decided to go to college instead.[12]

 

[5030]

Ever noticed how many public buildings barely last 50 yrs without being replaced ?

Nothing is built to last today. It's the 'throw away' society we live in.

 

[MossRoad]

Personally, I'd like to see all government buildings built like pole barns.

 

[Hay Dude]

We sang that song in grade school.

There is also the Ohio Erie Canal from Cleveland to the Ohio river in Portsmouth.
1827-1861, then as a water source until 1913.

Ohio and Erie Canal - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

you pretty close the C&O canal?

 

[Hay Dude]

Mergers and acquisitions meant one railroad may have two or three routes between two cities. Usually the best was retained and the others scrapped.

If it was a single line to a resource, it would be abandoned when there was no more traffic to pay for maintenance and operation.

Bruce

Yeah I realize that, but with all the economic crashes & rises, you would think its very risky to build a 77 mile railroad over some very challenging terrain for a mine, that also had to be built, that maybe had 10-15 good years? I dunno, maybe building railroads over mountains & peat bogs with fairly old school equipment wasnt as hard as I imagine??

 

[Hay Dude]

Personally, I'd like to see all government buildings built like pole barns.

Not a bad start.
My idea of progress would be to see at least 50% of it go away altogether.

 

[MoKelly]

Yeah I realize that, but with all the economic crashes & rises, you would think its very risky to build a 77 mile railroad over some very challenging terrain for a mine, that also had to be built, that maybe had 10-15 good years? I dunno, maybe building railroads over mountains & peat bogs with fairly old school equipment wasnt as hard as I imagine??

I imagine It was easier than building the pyramids.

MoKelly

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah I realize that, but with all the economic crashes & rises, you would think its very risky to build a 77 mile railroad over some very challenging terrain for a mine, that also had to be built, that maybe had 10-15 good years? I dunno, maybe building railroads over mountains & peat bogs with fairly old school equipment wasnt as hard as I imagine??

I agree. Some bean counter figured out there's profit in it. Kinda like watching those gold mining shows. The amount of material they have to move and process for each ounce of gold is staggering. Yet there's profit in it.

 

[Hay Dude]

I imagine It was easier than building the pyramids.

MoKelly

But not quite as significant.....