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The creation of "Sherman's Neckties", railroad rails rendered unrecoverable by bending them around tree trunks, US Civil War

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The creation of "Sherman's Neckties", railroad rails rendered unrecoverable by bending them around tree trunks, US Civil War

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Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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Rails used to be a whole lot softer back then I guess
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  My (uneducated) guess is that they’d heat up the middle sections a bit to make them more malleable
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    Correct!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_neckties.
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Oh… my goodness gracious.

I remember learning about such stuff, like 10Kyrs ago.

Sweet heaven abides…

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