. The book of the great railway celebrations of 1857; embracing a full account of the opening of the Ohio & Mississippi, and the Marietta & Cincinnati railroads, and the Northwestern Virginia branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with ... an account of the subsequent excursion to Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk .. . like Gothicloopholes. The valley of this creek is very straight and bordered bybeautiful flats. The viaduct over the stream is 150 feet long. Lessthan two miles above, and six miles from Cumberland, the northbranch of the Potomac is crossed by an iron viaduct 700 feet long,
. The book of the great railway celebrations of 1857; embracing a full account of the opening of the Ohio & Mississippi, and the Marietta & Cincinnati railroads, and the Northwestern Virginia branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with ... an account of the subsequent excursion to Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk .. . like Gothicloopholes. The valley of this creek is very straight and bordered bybeautiful flats. The viaduct over the stream is 150 feet long. Lessthan two miles above, and six miles from Cumberland, the northbranch of the Potomac is crossed by an iron viaduct 700 feet long, risingin a succession of steps—embracing also a crossing of the Chesapeakeand Ohio Canal. This extensive bridge carries us out of Virginia andlands us once more in old Maryland, which Ave left at Harpers Ferry,and kept out of for a distance of 91 miles. The route thence to Cum-berland is across two bends of the river, between Avhich the stream ofEverts Creek is crossed by a viaduct of 100 feet span. The Mountain City of Cumberland, of which we had a fineview as our train approached, is situated in a grand amphitheatreformed by the surrounding mountains, that seem to have expandedthemselves here in extended curves with a view to giving room intheir lap for the city, required by the great coal trade, naturally cen-. GRAND POTOMAC VALLEY VIEW, From the Celebrated Jeffersons Rock, Harpers Ferry, on the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad, 81 Miles from Baltimore. THROUGH CUMBERLAXD TO PIEDMONT STATION. 165 tring at tliis point. The occasion of our visit was a gala day intown, and an immense crowd greeted us as we entered the depot ofthe company at the intersection of the railroad with the celebratednational turnpike. At Cumberland the guests were furnished witli meal-tickets by theRailroad Co., and parcelled out to the diiferent hotels for dinner, tothe discussion of which half an hour was appropriated. Mr. Tucker, late Mayor of the city, had made liberal preparations forthe enter
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