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Samuel Rea

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Gender Male
Death95 years ago
Date of birth September 21,1855
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died March 24,1929
DiedGladwyne
Pennsylvania
United States
Job Engineer
BooksWhat Railroad Rehabilitation Plan Should the Country Adopt? An Address on the Railroad Problem
The railways terminating in London
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Samuel Rea Life story


Samuel Rea was an American engineer and the ninth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1913 to 1925. He joined the PRR in 1871, when the railroad had hardly outgrown its 1846 charter to build from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, and helped it grow to a 12,000-mile system.

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