Lawmakers Memorialize 'Duffy's Cut' On Main Line

MALVERN, PA -- In the early 19th century, 57 Irish immigrants died building the railroad in Malvern from which the Main Line eventually took its name.

And until several years ago, little to nothing was known about those immigrants.

The immigrants died under horrific working conditions in 1832, and their bodies were tossed in unmarked graves and never properly

Their lives and how they were lost had been lost to history until 2012, when researchers uncovered the truth after nearly a decade of investigating and digging.

A memorial service in honor of the victims was recently held on March 11 in Malvern.

State Sen. Andy Dinniman joined Philadelphia mayor Jeff Kenney, representatives from Immaculata University, and other local dignitaries and officials at the event.

The 57 victims were reinterred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Image courtesy Duffy's Cut Project, Facebook.