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Bridge L-158, Goldens Bridge, NY

... that Bridge L-158 (pictured) in Goldens Bridge, New York, the only extant double-intersection Whipple truss railroad bridge in the state, was moved there from Kingston 20 years after it was built?
... that after two previous buildings burned down, the Town of Southeast, New York, built its 1896 town hall of less flammable material?
... that the Map of Rensselaerswyck shows that Kiliaen van Rensselaer originally named areas around the upper Hudson River, near Fort Orange, after the women in his life?

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