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Transportation

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

Canal to be Opened in May

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.— We learn with pleasure, from a source to be entirely relied upon, that the progress of the work upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has been such within a few months past, […]
June 14, 2026

Act to Amend Shenandoah Toll-Bridge Incorporation

AN ACTTo amend an act to incorporate a company to construct a toll-bridge across the Shenandoah River, passed Jan. 17, 1829.(Passed Feb. 18, 1833) Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful […]
June 13, 2026

Winchester & Potomac RR Work has Begun

OUR IMPROVEMENTSThe Winchester and Potomac rail road is now successfully begun. The corps of engineers returned to this town, from Harpers-Ferry, on Saturday last, having completed the experimental lines preparatory to the final location of the […]
June 13, 2026

Horses, Potatoes drowned in Potomac

A very serious accident, the particulars of which we did not learn until lately, occurred a few weeks ago on the line of the Canal near Harpers-Ferry. A team belonging to Messrs. Edward, Robert, and William […]
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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
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