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The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad
William E. Watson, J. Francis Watson, John H. Ahtes, Earl H. Schandelmeier III
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| #667210 in Books | 2006-07-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.56 x6.14l,1.17 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Sad Story on Irish Catholics in America|By A. Stackhouse|Being into railroad history and being 1/2 Irish was a big reason for my interest in reading about Duffy's Cut. The beginning of the book is a bit hard to get into (due to the referencing of multiple sources sited, etc. which requires you to flip to the notes section in the back of the book), but once you get the hang of||"In the summer of 1832, Irish immigrant Philip Duffy contracted 57 of his newly arrived countrymen to lay a stretch of railroad some 30 miles west of Philadelphia. Within two months, all were dead, struck down in the global cholera pandemic that hit Philadelph
In 1832, 57 Irish Catholic workers were brought to the United States to lay one of the most difficult miles of American railway, Duffy's Cut of the Pennsylvania Railroad. These men were chosen because, in the eyes of the railroad company that hired them, they were expendable. Deaths were common during the building of the railway but this stretch was worse than most. When cholera swept the camp basic medical attention and community support was denied to them. In the en...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut: The Irish Who Died Building America's Most Dangerous Stretch of Railroad | William E. Watson, J. Francis Watson, John H. Ahtes, Earl H. Schandelmeier III.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
