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Show I I I 1 I 1 I I M II I M I I 1 I I I 1 1 I I U 1111 M-H I 1 I I I I I I I I I I 1 I' H- R. R. STATION BUILT OF ANCIENT BRICK :: t"H"l I 1 I 1 I I 1 I I I 1 1 1 I ! 4 H 'l I I I I 1 I I 1 I I I I I M I r -I- I I I 1 I I I 1 1 1 I I- k . ' x' " i - 'M:-.. . . -V . ''1.'t'l. T S- ; , as ,:'' v ' . "" - . - i Here is the oldest railroad station in the world, insofar as the material used In its construction is concerned. The station, built almost entirely of bricks has been erected on the Kliorsabad railroad at Tell liillah in Mesopotamia by au nrchcologlcul expedition from the University of Pennsylvania museum and Ihe American School of Oriental Research Ln Bagdad. It serves as a shipping depot and storage house. |