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You searched for: Corporate Names Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Topical Subjects Railroad stations--West Virginia--Huntington.

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Postcard of a train engine and people outside of the C and O Depot in Huntington, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

1. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 007008
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1910
Description:: Postcard of a train engine and people outside of the C and O Depot in Huntington, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

Several automobiles are parked in front of the C and O Railroad Depot in Huntington, West Virginia.

2. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 007033
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Several automobiles are parked in front of the C and O Railroad Depot in Huntington, West Virginia.

'The new Ohio River passenger station 1892 with horse drawn street cars that connected the C.& O. and the Ohio River station, Huntington.'

3. Ohio River Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 025825
Title:: Ohio River Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: 1892
Description:: 'The new Ohio River passenger station 1892 with horse drawn street cars that connected the C.& O. and the Ohio River station, Huntington.'

4. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 025918
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Huntington, W. Va.

'From roof of C.& O. station shed looking southwest. All that vacant ground you see is now Huntington's south side.'

5. View from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot Near Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 026164
Title:: View from Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot Near Huntington, W. Va.
Description:: 'From roof of C.& O. station shed looking southwest. All that vacant ground you see is now Huntington's south side.'

Legendary engineer, Richardson, pictured in white coveralls, poses next to new American engine No. 70 after a run from Hinton.

6. Billy Richardson with C. & O. Class-A Locomotive in Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 048906
Title:: Billy Richardson with C. & O. Class-A Locomotive in Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: 1891
Description:: Legendary engineer, Richardson, pictured in white coveralls, poses next to new American engine No. 70 after a run from Hinton.

Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."

7. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053792
Title:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station and C. P. Huntington Monument, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1927
Description:: Text on the back reads, "The Collins P. Huntington Monument. Erected Oct. 22, 1924, in memory of Collins P. Huntington, the founder of the cities of Huntington, W. Va. and Newport News, Va. He was born Oct. 22, 1821 at Harwington, Conn. Through his efforts in 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad Company was formed to construct a telegraph and railroad line from the Pacific Coast to Ogden, Utah, to connect with the Union Pacific Railroad. The completion of this project placed him in the foremost ranks of American empire builders. He was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company from 1869 to 1887. Died Aug. 13, 1900."