Poll: another American capital if D.C wasn't found

Select the alternative US capital


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Harrisburg was a new city in the 1790s, became Pennsylvania's capital in 1812, but was obviously well-placed both for its time, and for development in the future (canal, railroad). Its also pretty central to the original USA and not too far from the coast, also pretty good as a gateway both to the West and to the South

I used its location once, so researched it pretty well

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Grey Wolf
 
While an attractive idea, I really don't think a non-Cisappalachian capital was workable within the timescale we're talking about here. The closest thing to that in OTL was the 1850s proposal to turn Metropolis in Illinois into a secondary western capital with its own District of Columbia.

I just felt an urge to see someone make a TL where that do that.
 
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