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--- pittsburgh [2025/09/26 21:00] – cynic
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-====== Travel back to Pittsburgh in the latter half of the 19th century ======
+====== Pittsburgh in the latter half of the 19th century ======
-Tom Peracchio
-Tom Peracchio
-**Geek History Storyteller | Music Fanatic | Geek Speak Simplifier | Buzzword Buster | Grandpa**
+{{ ::pittsburgh640.jpg?400|}}
+** Tom Peracchio | Geek History Storyteller | Music Fanatic | Geek Speak Simplifier | Buzzword Buster | Grandpa**
-March 7, 2020
 If I could choose any time to live in, how about a specific time and place, Pittsburgh in the latter half of the 19th century.
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 I also love to study the history of transportation. The latter half of the 19th century into the early 20th century saw the heyday of the steam locomotive evolve into the era of our modern automobile.
-Why then? Why there?
+**Why then? Why there?**
 That part of the answer should be obvious, so much was happening then that changed our world.
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 My lifelong research of GeekHistory has given me a great appreciation for many forgotten geeks like Reginald Fessenden, one of the most important inventors in the evolution of radio.
+Westinghouse - Chapter 18 - Lights at the Fair
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqsYm3xEEHc
+https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6642075392322650112/