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THE FIRST RAILROAD IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN:

The first railroad in the Columbia River Basin was built along the river in 1851. Little more than a cart on rails, it was a portage tramway on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge around The Cascades rapids.

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