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Roy Warner on right, Rome Dean on left, and the man in the middle is unknown.

25765. Glass Factory Workers, Tennerton, Upshur County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025767
Title:
Glass Factory Workers, Tennerton, Upshur County, W. Va.
Date:
1916
Description:
Roy Warner on right, Rome Dean on left, and the man in the middle is unknown.
'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.'

25766. Locomotive Passing Buckhorn Wall Along the Cheat River Near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
025768
Title:
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.'
'C&O Depot, Broad at 16th Streets...Richmond, Va... Picture about 1870. (This picture was part of the Cook Photographer collection. It is thought that the original negative was glass; that it cracked and that accounts for the dark streak across this print.)'

25767. African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.

IDNO:
025769
Title:
African-Americans at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Richmond, Va.
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
'C&O Depot, Broad at 16th Streets...Richmond, Va... Picture about 1870. (This picture was part of the Cook Photographer collection. It is thought that the original negative was glass; that it cracked and that accounts for the dark streak across this print.)'
'Last of her type.'

25768. Camel-Back Ten-Wheel Engine Formerly Used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

IDNO:
025770
Title:
Camel-Back Ten-Wheel Engine Formerly Used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
'Last of her type.'

25769. Through the Alleghenies, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025771
Title:
Through the Alleghenies, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
'How West Virginia is being checkered with railroads--junction of the W. Va. C.; R., C. & B. and B. & B. railways, near Belington in Barbour County.

25770. Railroad Junction near Belington, W. Va.

IDNO:
025772
Title:
Railroad Junction near Belington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
'How West Virginia is being checkered with railroads--junction of the W. Va. C.; R., C. & B. and B. & B. railways, near Belington in Barbour County.
'Recent type of compound freight locomotive used on the mountainous districts of the B. & O. R. R.'

25771. Compound Freight Locomotive at Terra Alta, W. Va.

IDNO:
025773
Title:
Compound Freight Locomotive at Terra Alta, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
'Recent type of compound freight locomotive used on the mountainous districts of the B. & O. R. R.'
Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.

25772. Cheat River near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
025774
Title:
Cheat River near Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
Copied from Pangborn, J. G.'s Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 273.
A locomotive engine on B. & O. R. R. near Buckhorn wall ( a part of 17 mile grade on Cheat River) in Preston county.

25773. Locomotive at Buckhorn Wall on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025775
Title:
Locomotive at Buckhorn Wall on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Preston County, W. Va.
Description:
A locomotive engine on B. & O. R. R. near Buckhorn wall ( a part of 17 mile grade on Cheat River) in Preston county.

25774. Scenery Along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Rowlesburg, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025776
Title:
Scenery Along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Rowlesburg, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
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.

25775. Clement's Fountain and Buckhorn Wall along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
025777
Title:
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.
An illustration depicting a locomotive engine running along the Cheat River; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 277.

25776. Train in the Heart of the Alleghenies on the Cheat River

IDNO:
025778
Title:
Train in the Heart of the Alleghenies on the Cheat River
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a locomotive engine running along the Cheat River; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 277.