. 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 .. . imber and iron, of 180 feet span, and passedthe picturesque falls of Snowy Creek, where the road quits the plains,and strikes a mountain-glen, through which the stream tumbles andfoams rapidly downward, contrasting prettily with the hemlocks andlaurels which fringe its cours
. 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 .. . imber and iron, of 180 feet span, and passedthe picturesque falls of Snowy Creek, where the road quits the plains,and strikes a mountain-glen, through which the stream tumbles andfoams rapidly downward, contrasting prettily with the hemlocks andlaurels which fringe its course. At Cranberry Summit the mountain levels terminate at an eleva-tion of 2,550 feet above tide-water, and we enter upon tlie grades bywhich we are to descend tlie western slopes. From this elevated pointwe obtained the first grand glimpse of the Western World, and tliesuccessive depressions of the Allegliauies upon that side over whichwe were about to descend towards the Ohio. Some of the grandestdistant views on the whole line are obtained by looking westward inthe four miles beyond Cranberry Summit. We began our downwardpath at once after passing the Summit Station. The descent ofeleven miles to Cheat River presented a rapid succession of heavy ex-cavations and embankments, and two tunnels, both now beins; arched. RUINS OF OLD FOUT FREDERICK, On the Maryland Side of the Potomac River, in View of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad, 109 Miles from Baltimore.
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