"Camp Panther" Surveyors Camp, near Curtin, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
The surveyors camp is set beside railroad tracks. The tents are, left to right, No. 3, No. 2, No. 1, and the Cooks tent. The wooden building is the Mess hall. The camp was "our last and best camp."This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
A Narrow Gauge Lumber Road Under Construction on Cherry River, near Curtin, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Surveyors construct a lumber road.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Stacks of lumber are spread across a hill.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
The Cherry River is a tributary of the Gauley River.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Baltimore and Ohio Engineering Department, Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Group portrait of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engineers.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Belgen was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1897. He worked as an engineer in Central America, South America, Washington, D. C., and eventually began working for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company. In 1916, he was Chief Engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.
Brooke worked on the Engineering Department for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. In 1921, he was Superintendent of Transportation for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.This photograph is found in a scrapbook documenting the survey for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia and surrounding states.