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Photographer: Mary Ellen Coghlan
Taken: May 16, 2002
Caption:
The original Monument to Charles Minot | Additional Description: The
First Train Order Transmitted by Telegraph post marker can be seen in the background. The original monument hosted a bronze table that read:
From this station
Charles Minot
General Superintendent
of the
New York and Erie Railroad
1851
Issued the first train order transmitted by telegraph
To Agent and Operator at Goshen,
“Hold the train for further orders”
To Conductor and Engineer, Day Express
“Run to Goshen regardless of opposing train”
Submitted: March 15, 2009, by Mary Ellen Coghlan of Warwick, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p55984
File Size: 0.690 Megabytes
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