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Thomas Leiper (15 December 1745 โ€“ 6 July 1825) was a Scottish American businessman, banker and politician who owned a successful tobacco exportation business as well as several mills and stone quarries. He served as a lieutenant in the Philadelphia City Troop during the American Revolutionary War. He built one of the first railways in America and the first in Pennsylvania. The Leiper Railroad was a three-quarter-mile long track on his property in Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania used to ship quarry stone to market with animal-powered carts.

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  • Thomas Leiper (Strathaven, 15 dicembre 1745 โ€“ Contea di Delaware, 6 luglio 1825) รจ stato un imprenditore e politico statunitense di origine scozzese che ha combattuto durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana. Fu il primo americano a costruire una ferrovia permanente. (it)
  • Thomas Leiper (15 December 1745 โ€“ 6 July 1825) was a Scottish American businessman, banker and politician who owned a successful tobacco exportation business as well as several mills and stone quarries. He served as a lieutenant in the Philadelphia City Troop during the American Revolutionary War. He built one of the first railways in America and the first in Pennsylvania. The Leiper Railroad was a three-quarter-mile long track on his property in Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania used to ship quarry stone to market with animal-powered carts. (en)
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  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (en)
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  • Strathaven, Scotland (en)
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