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Three unidentified men seated on a velocipede at the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Depot and Telegraph Office in Prince, West Virginia. "J. S. Sampson Collection"

39061. Three on Railway Velocipede, Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039065
Title:
Three on Railway Velocipede, Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:
Three unidentified men seated on a velocipede at the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Depot and Telegraph Office in Prince, West Virginia. "J. S. Sampson Collection"
Harry Simpson is seated at the desk with the telegraph transmitter and two unidentified men are sitting behind him. The telegraph office was located at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Prince, Fayette County, West Virginia.

39062. Operator Harry Simpson in Telegraph Office at Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039066
Title:
Operator Harry Simpson in Telegraph Office at Prince, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1915
Description:
Harry Simpson is seated at the desk with the telegraph transmitter and two unidentified men are sitting behind him. The telegraph office was located at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Prince, Fayette County, West Virginia.
Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.

39063. Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039067
Title:
Telegraph Operator Andrew Rush on Velocipede at Prince, W. Va.
Date:
1916
Description:
Andrew Rush rides a hand operated rail cycle, also known as a velocipede, at the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot.
The levers in the tower were part of the telegraph operations at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Prince, Fayette County, West Virginia.

39064. Levers in Old Tower at Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039068
Title:
Levers in Old Tower at Prince, W. Va.
Description:
The levers in the tower were part of the telegraph operations at the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot in Prince, Fayette County, West Virginia.
Group portrait of operators in front of a C&O Railway schedule board. L to R; David W. Morgan, Valmer A. Meadow, J. B. Thomas, Todie B. Green. Other information the back of the photograph includes: "from Roy Long Coll 1998"

39065. Telegraph Operators, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Prince, W. Va.

IDNO:
039069
Title:
Telegraph Operators, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Prince, W. Va.
Date:
1915
Description:
Group portrait of operators in front of a C&O Railway schedule board. L to R; David W. Morgan, Valmer A. Meadow, J. B. Thomas, Todie B. Green. Other information the back of the photograph includes: "from Roy Long Coll 1998"
Five unidentified men pose outside the meat house (in the foreground) and the ice house on the right, near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot in Prince, West Virginia.

39066. Meat and Ice Houses East of Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039070
Title:
Meat and Ice Houses East of Prince Depot, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Five unidentified men pose outside the meat house (in the foreground) and the ice house on the right, near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot in Prince, West Virginia.
Railroad tracks run pass the brick station in Fayette County, West Virginia.

39067. Prince Railway Station, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039071
Title:
Prince Railway Station, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:
Railroad tracks run pass the brick station in Fayette County, West Virginia.
The west end of the depot at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia. Note the "QN" on the side of the tower. Other information includes: "From Roy Long 1997".

39068. Railroad Depot at Quinnimont, W. Va.

IDNO:
039072
Title:
Railroad Depot at Quinnimont, W. Va.
Date:
1976
Description:
The west end of the depot at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia. Note the "QN" on the side of the tower. Other information includes: "From Roy Long 1997".
C&O railroad junction at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia.

39069. Chesapeake & Ohio Train, Eastbound (EB) 6213 at Quinnimont, W. Va.

IDNO:
039073
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Train, Eastbound (EB) 6213 at Quinnimont, W. Va.
Date:
1976
Description:
C&O railroad junction at Quinnimont, Fayette County, West Virginia.
Three employees standing on the C&O locomotive are, left to right: W. L. Buck, engineer; G. L. McShartney, engineer; Hamm Bobbitt, fireman.

39070. Railroad Employees Pose on Chesapeake & Ohio Engine, Quinnimont, W. Va.

IDNO:
039074
Title:
Railroad Employees Pose on Chesapeake & Ohio Engine, Quinnimont, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
Three employees standing on the C&O locomotive are, left to right: W. L. Buck, engineer; G. L. McShartney, engineer; Hamm Bobbitt, fireman.
Employees stand with a Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) locomotive sitting on the track in front of the Yellow Goose Boarding House and the McKendree Hospital (a miners' hospital) behind the boarding house. The employees are, left to right: W. L. Burke, Engineer; H. E. McFadden, Fireman;; Jim Johnson, Boy mast(?); Pete Challonen, Dispatcher; D. H. Hontsovln, Conductor; Floyd Lewis, Brakeman.

39071. Railroad Workers and Engine No. 372, McKendree, W. Va.

IDNO:
039075
Title:
Railroad Workers and Engine No. 372, McKendree, W. Va.
Date:
1911/07
Description:
Employees stand with a Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) locomotive sitting on the track in front of the Yellow Goose Boarding House and the McKendree Hospital (a miners' hospital) behind the boarding house. The employees are, left to right: W. L. Burke, Engineer; H. E. McFadden, Fireman;; Jim Johnson, Boy mast(?); Pete Challonen, Dispatcher; D. H. Hontsovln, Conductor; Floyd Lewis, Brakeman.
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.

39072. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039076
Title:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.