Locomotive Passing Buckhorn Wall Along the Cheat River Near Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Description:
'This stupendous bit of masonry was one of the greatest achievements of early railroading. It was built as a retaining wall for the bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by Benjamin H. Latrobe, along the Cheat River, near Rowlesburg, W. Va., enabling the railway to cling safely to the side of the mountain.'
Clement's Fountain and Buckhorn Wall along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a scenery around the Clement's fountain in Buckhorn wall area; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 275.
Great Kingwood Tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kingwood, W. Va.
Description:
'View of Eastern end of the great Kingwood Tunnel, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 260 miles from Baltimore, With its Stone Coping, Double Track, and Line of the formerly used Temporary Track over the Hill.'
Great Kingwood Tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kingwood, W. Va.
Description:
'View of Eastern end of the great Kingwood Tunnel, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 260 miles from Baltimore, With its Stone Coping, Double Track, and Line of the formerly used Temporary Track over the Hill.'