. 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 .. . RUINS OF OLD FOUT FREDERICK, On the Maryland Side of the Potomac River, in View of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad, 109 Miles from POTOMAC SCENERY, WITH THE CANAL ON THE MARYLAND STDE,From the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, between Berkeley Springs and Cumberland. OAKLA
. 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 .. . RUINS OF OLD FOUT FREDERICK, On the Maryland Side of the Potomac River, in View of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad, 109 Miles from POTOMAC SCENERY, WITH THE CANAL ON THE MARYLAND STDE,From the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, between Berkeley Springs and Cumberland. OAKLANDS THE CRANBERRY GRADE CHEAT RIVER. 159 •with stone and brick,—the McGiiire tunnel five hundred and the Eo-denier tunnel four liundred feet in length. The Salt Lick Creek, -whichwo bordered in our approach to the Cheat River, passes tlirouj^h adense forest of fir-trees. Cranberry Summit is 242 miles from Balti-more. Cheat River is a rapid mountain-stream, of a dark cofiee-colored•water, which is supposed to take its hue fiom the forests of laurel,hemlock, and black spruce in which it has its rise. Our road crossedthe stream at the foot of Cranberry grade by a viaduct. This is com-posed of two noble spans of iron, roofed in on abutments, and a pierof solid freestone taken from a neighboring quarry. Arrived at thispoint we fairly entered the Cheat River Valley, which presents byfar the grandest and most boldly picturesque scenery to be found o
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