Research Topic

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 12, 2026

The Value of Lands

From the Richmond EnquirerVALUE OF LANDS.The “Free Press” of Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., contains the following article: “Jefferson County Land.– Late sales indicate a just estimate of the value of our Lands. The Keyes’ Ferry tract, […]
June 12, 2026

Flour Shipped to Georgetown on Canal

We were highly gratified a few days since in witnessing the passage of a number of boats, heavily laden with flour into our basin, hailing from Harpers-Ferry. —[Georgetown Col.
June 12, 2026

300k Passengers on RR, Safety Improvements

The Baltimore Gazette states, that “It is now about three years and a half since the travelling on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road was commenced, and more than three hundred thousand passengers have since travelled […]
June 12, 2026

Contracts on Winchester-Harpers Ferry RR Line Filled

The Winchester Virginian states that the contracts for the construction of the Rail Road from that place to Harpers-Ferry, have all been taken a prices within the original estimates of the engineer. The work must be […]
June 11, 2026

Winchester & Potomac Rails being laid.

The work on the sections of the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, in the vicinity of this town, is now rapidly being prosecuted; and we presume the whole portion of the line under contract, (27 miles,) […]
Time Periods

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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