Template:Did you know nominations/Poplar River (Lake Superior)
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- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 23:54, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Poplar River (Lake Superior)
- ... that the Lutsen Tie & Post Company bought a locomotive to service a railway along the Poplar River, but abandoned it on the shore of Lake Superior after only two years of service?
- Comment: I'd like to work the part about it sitting on the shore for 20 years in as well, but I'm running up against the character limit, and the sentence is getting wordy.
Created/expanded by Norstrem (talk). Self nom at 21:32, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
5x expansion, length, date and hook are fine, though the hook is from offline sources. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2011 (UTC) How about:
- ALT1 ... that near the Poplar River, a locomotive, briefly used for logging, lay abandoned for 20 years before being sold for scrap?