text_original: The price of land would be lowered, for it would be impossible to plow the neigh  boring fields, and dangerous to drive along the near by wagon roads. Besides, any number of people would be killed by the bursting boilers. All these fears seem ridicu  lous to us, but they were very real then.
text_transcription: THE PRICE OF LAND WOULD BE LOWERED FOR IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO PLOUGH THE NEIGHBORING FIELDS AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ALONG THE NEARBY WAGON ROADS BESIDES ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED BY THE BURSTING BOILERS ALL THESE FEARS SEEMED RIDICULOUS TO US BUT THEY WERE VERY REAL THEN
phonemes: ðə pɹˈaɪs ʌv lˈænd wʊd biː lˈoʊɚd, fɔːɹ ɪt wʊd biː ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl tə plˈaʊ ðə nˈeɪ bˈɔːɹɪŋ fˈiːldz, ænd dˈeɪndʒɚɹəs tə dɹˈaɪv ɐlˈɔŋ ðə nˌɪɹ baɪ wˈæɡən ɹˈoʊdz. bᵻsˈaɪdz, ˌɛni nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv pˈiːpəl wʊd biː kˈɪld baɪ ðə bˈɜːstɪŋ bˈɔɪlɚz. ˈɔːl ðiːz fˈɪɹz sˈiːm ɹˈɪdɪkˌuː lˈuːz tʊ ˌʌs, bˌʌt ðeɪ wɜː vˈɛɹi ɹˈiːəl ðˈɛn.