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Another valuable relic is a section of the first heavy iron rail rolled in America, a gift of the Baltimore and Ohio R.R. This rail is [[image - U-shaped icon]] shaped in section and was rolled for the B. and O.R.R. Co., in 1844, by the Mount Savage Rolling Mill[[image - hand-drawn divider]]in Allegheny County, Maryland. To commemorate this event the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded a silver medal in October 1844 to the proprietors of the Mount Savage Rolling Mill. A duplicate of which has been promised by that Institute for the Collection.