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1. Along the Historic Potomac River on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

IDNO:: 025780
Title:: Along the Historic Potomac River on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

2. Where Shenandoah Meets the Potomac River and the New and Old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridges

IDNO:: 025785
Title:: Where Shenandoah Meets the Potomac River and the New and Old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridges

'132.@.(55); August 2, 1884, Saturday 5 pm.'

3. Potomac River and B&O Railroad

IDNO:: 028071
Title:: Potomac River and B&O Railroad
Date:: 1884/08/02
Description:: '132.@.(55); August 2, 1884, Saturday 5 pm.'

Three states, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia can also be seen

4. View of the Potomac and Cacapon Rivers and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

IDNO:: 037888
Title:: View of the Potomac and Cacapon Rivers and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Description:: Three states, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Virginia can also be seen

One of the nine reconstructed bridges (on the same spot) connecting Harpers Ferry over the Potomac River to Maryland. This bridge was also eventually destroyed during the Civil War.

5. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge Over Potomac River Across From Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039080
Title:: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge Over Potomac River Across From Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:: ca.1863
Description:: One of the nine reconstructed bridges (on the same spot) connecting Harpers Ferry over the Potomac River to Maryland. This bridge was also eventually destroyed during the Civil War.

Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.

6. Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)

IDNO:: 039081
Title:: Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)
Date:: ca. 1862
Description:: Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.