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| Looking across what was Miller's Spring Trestle after the collapse |
Safety and progress will forever be in a race against each other. Such was the environment during the growth of rail travel in the mid-19th Century. The iron horse opened a plethora of new opportunities and the ability to tame the landscape like never before. However, when progress outdistances safety, only tragedy awaits at the finish line. On June 11, 1878, that is exactly what awaited a train bound for Bellefonte.
