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Monongahela Packet Company Boat in the foreground. Original bridge supports in the background. During Construction of the Second Morgantown/Westover (River) Bridge.

1. Ferrying People and Wagons Across the Monongahela, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 008359
Title:: Ferrying People and Wagons Across the Monongahela, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: 1908/08/25
Description:: Monongahela Packet Company Boat in the foreground. Original bridge supports in the background. During Construction of the Second Morgantown/Westover (River) Bridge.

Taken before the River bridge was built.

2. Wharf Street Ferry Across the Monongahela River, Morgantown W. Va.

IDNO:: 011414
Title:: Wharf Street Ferry Across the Monongahela River, Morgantown W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1900-1910
Description:: Taken before the River bridge was built.

A picture postcard of the Free Ferry in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Chaplin Warman and Richtmire Company, Lumber and Mill Work building is in the background.

3. Free Ferry, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 011689
Title:: Free Ferry, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:: A picture postcard of the Free Ferry in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Chaplin Warman and Richtmire Company, Lumber and Mill Work building is in the background.

View of a sign by the Monongahela River that reads 'Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown.'

4. Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 016921
Title:: Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1932
Description:: View of a sign by the Monongahela River that reads 'Cross the Ferry Shortcut to Suncrest, Evansdale and Morgantown.'

Postcard photograph of the steamboat 'Columbia' docking at the wharf on the Monongahela River at Morgantown next to a towboat and a ferry loaded with wagons, buggies and riders on horseback.

5. City Wharf, Columbia and Free Ferry, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 028053
Title:: City Wharf, Columbia and Free Ferry, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1905-1925
Description:: Postcard photograph of the steamboat 'Columbia' docking at the wharf on the Monongahela River at Morgantown next to a towboat and a ferry loaded with wagons, buggies and riders on horseback.

6. Passengers and Carriages on the Free Ferry Provided During Building of Steel Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 028203
Title:: Passengers and Carriages on the Free Ferry Provided During Building of Steel Bridge, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: 1908

The Ferry was used after the suspension bridge was torn down and before the new bridge was completed.

7. Ferry on the Monongahela River in Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 034269
Title:: Ferry on the Monongahela River in Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1900-1925
Description:: The Ferry was used after the suspension bridge was torn down and before the new bridge was completed.