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1. Building Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

2. Building Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

3. Outlets, Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Image taken the construction of the hydro-electric dam.

4. Outlets on Cheat Dam, Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The entrance sign to the dam, outlined in lights, reads, "Hydro - Electric Co. of West Virginia".

5. Entrance to Cheat Lake Dam Site, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Taken during the construction, the first water flowed over the dam on December 23, 1925.

6. Cheat Haven Hydro-Electric Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Probably area where the railroad trestle bridge was constructed.

7. Rubles Run Near Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

All workers are not identified.

8. Building Railroad Track at Cheat Lake Dam Site, Monongalia County, W. Va.

9. Cheat Lake Hydro-Electric Dam During Construction, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Cheat River can be seen in the background.

10. Cheat Lake Dam During Construction, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Cheat River is seen in the background.

11. Construction Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Located close to the Mason-Dixon line bordering West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

12. Construction of Cheat Lake Dam, Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Tracks leading to the site, were used to transport supplies and equipment.

13. Construction of Cheat Lake Dam, Cheat River, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Make-shift piers in the Cheat River, support rail tracks used to transport supplies to the site.

14. Construction Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Crane sits at the end of a track, near the Cheat River.

15. Construction Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Tracks cross the Cheat River at the site of the new hydro-electric dam.

16. Construction Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Last photograph taken of the site by the engineer.

17. Construction Site of Cheat Lake Dam, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Engineering crew for construction on the Harrisville & Cornwallis Railroad. Identified L to R: Doc Flesher, Russell Fox, Ben Ayers, Perry Smith, Guy Latimer, Jamie, Ray Latimer, "Fuzzy" Fidler, Bert Adams, Harry S. Laird.

18. 'My Wife's Gone Away', Harrisville, W. Va.

Bucky the mule, hitched to a wagon, pulls four unidentified people.

19. Bucky and Friends Working Between Harrisville and Cornwallis, W. Va.

20. Construction of Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Part of the construction for the Western Maryland Railroad in Garrett County.

21. Grading Railroad Cut Near Union Furnace, Md.

22. Building Trestle Bridge for Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Part of the Western Maryland Railroad in Garrett County, Md. The unidentified workers pose for a group photograph.

23. Workers at East End of Brush Tunnel Near Corriganville, Md

Part of the Western Maryland Railroad between Frostburg and Cumberland.

24. West End of Brush Tunnel Near Corriganville, Md.

25. Construction of Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Note the trestle bridge behind the tunnel.

26. Workers and Newly Constructed Railroad Tunnel on Western Maryland Railroad

Stone railroad bridge crosses a small river in a mountain valley.

27. Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md.

Other information included with the photograph, "1st Division Sect. 1, Sta 1017." and  "No. 4".

28. 95 Ton Bucyaus at Work on Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett or Allegany County, Md.

Other information included with the photograph, "Tit Cut Looking West. 1st. Division, Sect 4, Stat. 845."

29. Sharp Curve Under Construction for Western Maryland Railroad

Other information included with the photograph: "15 ft arch at Brush Tunnel, 1st Division, Sect 5, Sta. 825."

30. Brush Tunnel Construction on Western Maryland Railroad, Allegeny County, Md.

Other information with the photographs includes "I Div.Sec. 5 Sta 823."

31. East Portal Brush Tunnel During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

Other information included with the photograph, "1 Div. Sec 5 Sta 812 No.11".

32. West Portal Brush Tunnel Under Construction, Western Maryland Railroad

Note the coal tipple next to the bugyrus. Other information with the photograph includes, "1 Div. Sec 7. Sta. 728.; No. 13".

33. Seventy Ton Bugyrus Used During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

A bugyrus moves earth into rail cars to be towed away in the western Maryland mountains.

34. Ninety Five Ton Bugyrus Works on Construction of Western Maryland Railroad

Photograph taken during the construction of the railroad. Other information included: " 1 Div.Mile 2. Sta. 950."

35. Fill East of Limestone Cut, Western Maryland Railroad, Garrett County, Md

Information included with photograph: "1.Div. Sec.13 Sta. 395."

36. Temporary Trestle Used During Connstruction of Western Maryland Railroad

Most likely in Allegany County, Md.

37. West Portal of Brush Tunnel During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

Located in the Allegheny-Garrett Counties area.

38. Limestone Cut During Construction of Western Maryland Railroad

Photograph taken looking west. Note the label, Mt. Savage can be seen in the background.

39. Bruck Cut Shovel at Work on Western Maryland Railroad, Alleghany County, Md.

Photograph taken during the construction of the Western Maryland Railroad. Other information included with the photograph, "l. Div. Sec13 Sta.340".

40. Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad Crossing, Western Maryland

Photograph taken during the construction of the Western Maryland Railroad. Left-center the cut is labeled, "C&P Cut", to the far right-center, the word, "Fill" points out the area immediately left of a trestle bridge.

41. Bird's Eye View Showing Cumberland & Pennsylvania Cut, Western Md.

The "six foot arch" or treslte bridge is part of the construction of the Western Maryland railroad. Other information includes," l. DivSeg. 17 Sta. 254 to 266."

42. Fill and Six Foot Arch on Western Maryland Railroad

43. Looking West into Mountains During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

Photograph taken during the construction of the Western Maryland Railroad, other information includes, "l Div. Seg. l."

44. Bridge Sta. 1040 on Western Maryland Railroad

Small engine moves along the track on a filled in area, hauling supplies.

45. Fill Looking West During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

Several unidentified workers stand in the railroad cut. The town of Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland is in the background.

46. Railroad Cut Made During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

This unlighted, 957 foot railroad tunnel is located 2.5 miles north of Frostburg, Maryland.

47. Interior of Borden Tunnel During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

Borden Tunnel was located a few miles north of Frostburg, Maryland.

48. Interior of Borden Tunnel During Construction on Western Maryland Railroad

49. First Train on Connellsville Extension of Western Maryland Railroad

This section of the new line was probably in Allegany County, Md.

50. Newly Constructed Western Maryland Railroad Looking West

The Hurley lays the wooden ties as workers lay the rails. Location is in Western Maryland, possibly Allegany County.

51. Hurley Track Laying Machine at Work on Western Maryland Railroad

Unidentified workers look toward the camera during a break from laying the track probably in Allegany County, Maryland.

52. Hurley Track Laying Machine at Work on Western Maryland Railroad

The Borden is 957 feet of unlighted tunnel.

53. East Portal Borden Tunnel Under Construction on Western Maryland Railroad