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Transportation

This topic appears in 47 indexed records between 1824 and 1934.
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1824 Earliest Record
1934 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

Canal Progress; Laborer Numbers

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.— There are one hundred and two miles of the Canal let out, under an obligation, on the part of a selected body of contractors, to finish it by the first day of […]
February 7, 1833
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Turnpike Work

A deep feeling of melancholy came over us, a few days ago, as we passed along the turnpike between this place and Harpers-Ferry. In one part of the road, where, six weeks since, about thirty hands […]
November 1, 1832
December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020

Large Canal Force in Shepherdstown

We understand that a pretty large force is now employed upon the line of the Canal near Shepherdstown; and contractors will be given out, during the present month, for other portions of the work, seven miles […]
August 16, 1832
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Internal Improvements, Canal & Railroad

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.– The spirit of improvement is certainly more animated than it has been in Virginia, since the check it received from the injudicious prosecution of the James River Improvement. Many important projects have been started […]
February 2, 1831
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023

Argument for Shenandoah Canal

From the Charlestown Free Press. Mr. Editor — An article in the Winchester Virginian of the 3d December, proposing the organization of a company to construct a canal along the margin of the Shenandoah, “to intersect […]
January 21, 1831
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 24 records
1890s 5 records
1920s 3 records
1930s 3 records
1910s 3 records
1850s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Transportation" across historical collections.

Lucas
3 records
Hendricks
3 records
Moler
3 records
Knott
3 records
Williams
2 records
Manuel
2 records
Mercer
2 records
Reinhart
2 records
Baker
2 records
Banks
2 records
Carter
2 records
Caton
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