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The Tapeworm Railroad (Gettysburg Rail Road) was a railway line planned by Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and nicknamed by opponents ridiculing a lengthy serpentine section around the Green Ridge〔 (【引用サイトリンク】work=USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) )〕 of South Mountain〔 after an orator compared the path to a tapeworm depiction on a product's packaging.〔 Switchbacks were planned on the west slope at Hughs Forge〔 〕 along the E Br Antietam Creek ("Cold Spring Cr" in 1839) and on the east slope at Stevens'〔 〕 1822〔 〕 Maria Furnace along Toms Creek (Monocacy River), with 3 east slope tunnels through spurs of Jacks Mountain.〔 In 1836, Herman Haupt had surveyed the "road from Gettysburg across South Mountain to the Potomac"〔 and in 1838,〔 the rail "bed"〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Early History of Hamiltonban Township (1730 - 1860) )〕 was "graded for a number of miles, never got further than Monterey",〔 〕 and included the following (west-to-east):〔 * single-arch ''roadway''〔 bridge over Toms Creek〔 west of Iron Springs, Pennsylvania〔 * multi-arch bridge〔 * viaduct at Virginia Mills〔 〕 * deep cut near Marsh Creek〔 〕 * elevated railbed on banks of Willoughby Run * McPherson Ridge railway cut, site of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg military engagements on McPherson Ridge * Seminary Ridge railway cut〔 〕 After Thaddeus Stevens lost his position on the Canal Commission, the commonwealth ended the railroad's financing and work was suspended〔 in 1838,〔 〕 and an 1839 survey was ordered of the planned line.〔 (cited by 1839 map)〕 As late as 1885, "Tapeworm" was used for the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad line west of the preceding 1858 Gettysburg Railroad line.〔 〕〔〔 〕 ==References== 〕 }} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tapeworm Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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