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The railroad was completed in April 1903, via a route along the Klickitat River Canyon to Wahkiacus and Swale Creek to the southern outskirts of Goldendale. - with the repeated "to" construction the sentence is less clear.
Fixed by adding "before reaching"
incorporated into a branch of a major railroad - do we know which one? Also, the repeated "railroad" in this sentence makes it more confusing.
The sentence meant to say that the Lyle branch was supplementary to the northern bank railroad (which was the mainline of the SP&S Company). I have reworded it to make it clearer.
shorter and longer bridges - could use a bit more explanation
