Railroad

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Railroad

This topic appears in 102 indexed records between 1831 and 1946.
102 Indexed Records
1831 Earliest Record
1946 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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May 22, 2020

Shenandoah Junction’s Boom.

The boom at Shenandoah Junction, or, as it is to be known in the future, Antietam City, is a go. A representative of the REGISTER visited that place on Tuesday, and from Col. Chas. T. Hood, […]
May 22, 2020

Bakerton, 1892 Report

COMMUNICATED.Bakerton, W. Va. February 2, 1892 DEAR EDITOR– As your correspondent, with many others of this community, has been so unfortunate as to have the grippe, you have had no news from this section for some […]
May 22, 2020

B&O Railroad Agreement, Knott, Ore Bank

It is reported that Mr. Ahl, owner of the Virginia ore bank, and the Messrs. Knott, who owns the limestone quarries, have completed arrangement for the construction of a branch railroad from the B. & O. […]
December 4, 2019

Letter to Joseph H. Sherrard

Citizens request arms from Armory at Harpers Ferry. Reports a thousand Irish laborers on the C & O Canal have quit their jobs and are marching from Hancock to Old Town, destroying whatever is in their […]
September 18, 2018

Flooding on Canal & B&O

FRESHET. — Rain commenced falling on Monday and continued with slight intermission up to Wednesday noon, causing the Potomac to swell higher than it has been for eight years. The freshet extended along the line of […]
August 7, 2018

Historical Background Report: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station

July 20, 2018

Engine made first trip over new track

The first engine to go over the new piece of railroad which was built to carry the output of the Flanagan quarries to Bakerton made its run last Saturday. D. R. Houser, James Flanagan, Daniel Lee […]
July 19, 2018

Work Ceases on Railroad Bridge at Shepherdstown

The severe weather of the past week has caused a cessation of work at the new railroad bridge across the river at Shepherdstown.
July 19, 2018

Damages Paid By Railroad

In the Railroad World. Railroad affairs are thickening up about Shepherdstown. Every option in Jefferson county necessary for the B. & O. cut-off has been secured except one, that from Benjamin Hartzell at Shepherdstown, and Major […]
June 27, 2018

Flanagans to Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad Company

Deed Book 93, page 117 330. John G. Flanagan and Bertha G., his wife To Deed of Bargain and sale The Cherry Run and potomac valley Railroad Company THIS DEED, made this 11th. day of April […]
June 27, 2018

Flanagan Railroad Map

Deed Book 93; Page 166 See image for map. Not to scale.
June 20, 2018

Speculation on the Railroad

A report that the railroad would soon be run from the Old Furnace up the river to the old Adams stone quarry, thence to the Virginia Ore Bank, and probably on to Shepherdstown, is current, and […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 25 records
1900s 22 records
1830s 12 records
1880s 10 records
1910s 10 records
1840s 9 records