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24.8.07

WHAT A LIGHTNING ROD DOES. Sears Tower Hit by Lightning Repeatedly.
Posted by Stephen Karlson at 20:38
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"Cold Spring Shops" was the name of the primary repair and car building facility of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company ... builders of trolley dining cars and the Christmas parade train ... perhaps I can be that creative too.

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