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Q. Why do we call a backward place a "jerkwater" town? A. Steam engines needed to refill their boilers from water towers next to the tracks but some "towns" were so small that they lacked a [water tower]. When trains stopped in those places, the crew had to find a nearby stream or well and, bucket-brigade style, "jerk" [the water] to [the train].
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