Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Stone Bridges 1 & 2, Between Gassaway & Sutton, Gassaway vicinity, Braxton County, WV

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6 b&w photos
5 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Stone Bridges 1 & 2, Between Gassaway & Sutton, Gassaway vicinity, Braxton County, WV

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WVA,4-GAS,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 4 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WV-34

Building/structure dates: 1909 initial construction

Significance: Beginning in the 18880s, railroads played a major role in opening the interior of West Virginia for coal and timber exploitation, which in turn helped shift population centers and wealth to the State's central and southern counties. These two relatively rare stone bridges are located on a B&O branch line built in 1909 during the final phase of West Virginia railroad development. The line contributed to the development of Gassaway and Sutton, West Virginia.

SUBJECTS:
WEST VIRGINIA--Braxton County--Gassaway vicinity
railroad bridges

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0262

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING ABUTMENTS OF BRIDGE NO. 1
2. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING BRIDGE ARCH OF BRIDGE NO. 1
3. VIEW, LOOMING NORTH, SNOWING ABUTMENT OF BRIDGE NO. 1
4. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING ARCH DETAIL OF BRIDGE NO. 1
5. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SNOWING ARCH DETAIL OF BRIDGE NO. 2
6. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING BRIDGE NO. 2

CONTROL #:
WV0262

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