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 11, 2026

Packet Boat Between Point of Rocks, Harpers Ferry.

It will be seen by an advertisement in to-day’s paper, that a Packet Boat has been placed on the Canal, to ply regularly between the Point of Rocks and Harpers-Ferry, “to meet the Rail Road Cars […]
December 21, 2025

Petition for Bakerton Road Change Notice

NOTICE.In the matter of the petition of Washington Building Lime Company for change of road at Bakerton. This petition filed on the 4th day of May 1920, for the alteration of the public road at Bakerton […]
December 21, 2025

Lime Company Petitions for Road Change

The Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton petitioned the court for a change in the location of the county road there. The company’s stone quarries at Bakerton have been gradually extended to the county road at […]
December 6, 2025

B&O Employment Numbers

Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWe learn from the “American” that this Company has now in its employ about 1000 mechanics and laborers. In the department of transportation, 700– machinery, 2,400– road repairs, 900. The total number of […]
December 5, 2025

Iron Bridge Across Rattlesnake Run

A new iron bridge is to be built across Rattlesnake run at the old Hoffman mill, along the river road, below Shepherdstown, and the contract has been let to Walker Bros., of Charles Town, at $380. […]
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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