WandW opened this issue on May 09, 2010 ยท 39 posts
Khai-J-Bach posted Mon, 10 May 2010 at 7:39 AM
Quote - I wonder if the 8.6 foot height is something like the standard railway track width, which originated as the width of Roman chariot wheel tracks.
Sorry no. www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp that's somewhat of a urban myth.