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graemeknows OP t1_j9balvv wrote
Indeed. The destruction was stunning.
hound29 t1_j9bh3id wrote
And it isolated New England for a stretch. The only long distance route in or out operable was the B&M main line to Portland. Significant freight including all milk all siphoned to one albeit major line all while rebuilding (at least what wasn’t left) the rest of the system. All was done in a manner of weeks. There are some great narratives from RR in that time
Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_j9f5ahq wrote
These days, they’d have grifter consultants like McKinsey study it for 30 years before they broke ground on reconstruction. Then they’d have four managers breathing down the neck of every worker, wondering how they can make him work 10% faster while they jerk each other off all day.
ihadacowman t1_j9ccp4a wrote
Here’s a story I just came across for the first time.
I wasn’t previously aware of the efforts of the purpose-created Northeast Timber Salavage Administration (NETSA) largely executed by the WPA and CCC.
procrastinatorsuprem t1_j9do705 wrote
Some of the stories and pictures out of RI were crazy. One girl floated across Narragansett Bay.
graemeknows OP t1_j9erfgm wrote
Whoa. That's crazy!
hound29 t1_j9b6yj8 wrote
I can never read enough about that ‘38 storm. What havoc it left everywhere