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Over near Camden, New Jersey, the Roeblings built a company town for producing the pre-stretched cables needed for the Brooklyn Bridge and steel components for their other major projects. If you ever have a chance, it's well worth visiting, and the guided tour and museum are fascinating. https://www.flickr.com/gp/venditti_min_min-venditti/n088MS91Mt

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You are a font of surprising knowledge bits, Phil! Thanks.

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Actually, it's closer to Trenton than to Camden. The original Roebling Works were in Trenton, but they outgrew their space and had a tiff with the mayor so relocated outside the county!

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grok

/ɡräk/

verb

INFORMAL•US

past tense: grokked; past participle: grokked

understand (something) intuitively or by empathy.

"because of all the commercials, children grok things immediately"

empathize or communicate sympathetically; establish a rapport.

"nestling earth couple would like to find water brothers to grok with in peace"

I had to Google that.

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🤭

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