Early Industries, Bridges, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1849-1999

There are original documents and drawings pertaining to Bull Creek Bridge, Wood and Pleasant Counties, West Virginia; materials on Wheeling suspension bridge; Fairmont Suspension Bridge; Bridgeport Concrete Arch bridge; Baltimore and Ohio railroad roundhouses and stations; railroad bridges and trestles; various West Virginia suspension bridges; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suspension bridge (Fairmount); and French and North American suspension bridges. There are materials of early industries from Cass, West Virginia; Kaymoor, West Virginia; and Berkeley and Morgan Counties, West Virginia. Also contains prints of mills and bridges including Jackson’s Mill, Reem’s Creek, and the mill on Antietam Road.

Format: postcards, photographic prints, documents, drawings, illustrative prints

Subjects: West Virginia bridges; suspension bridges; French suspension bridges; North American suspension bridges; Bull Creek Bridge; Wood County; Pleasants County; Wheeling suspension bridge; Fairmont suspension bridge; Bridgeport Arch Bridge; Baltimore and Ohio railroad; roundhouses; railroad stations; railroad bridges; trestles; Philadelphia; Fairmount; Cass; Kaymoor; Berkeley County; Morgan County; Jackson’s Mill; Reem’s Creek; Antietam Road mill