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There was a law (eminent domain) in the early days of railroads that gave the Companies right of way rights. basically they could force land owners to sell the part of the land that the railroads wanted for trackage and the land owners couldn't contest it. Later on, you see this law applied by Eisenhower to lay the national highway system down. thus with both you'll see farmsteads and even city block with railsways and highways running through the middle of them, just because the railroad company or the governement thought it was the best route. [quote]QUOTE: Eminent Domain: the power of a government to take private property for public use; the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution and articles in many state constitutions allow this practice provided that just compensation is made. [/quote] I'm sure the Hill by your old school were man made hill to quiet the sounds of trains to the school. probably some over zealous school offical thought the constant trains were interfering with the schooling of children and got the city(county) to put in sound barriers, in the form of hills. or the hills could be, as several are here, flood control devices.
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