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Mt. Washington Cog Railway 
White Mountains
Sargent's Purchase, Coos County, NH 
14-Jun-2008
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The railway was built by Sylvester Marsh of Campton, who came up with the idea while climbing the mountain in 1857. His plan was treated as insane. Local tradition says the state legislature voted permission based on a consensus that harm resulting from operating it was no issue — since the design was attempting the impossible (Wikipedia)
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The mountain was known as Agiocochook, or "home of the Great Spirit", before European settlers arrived. (Wikipedia)
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