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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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  4. D.
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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4
The Northwestern Virginia Turnpike later became part of this road.
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What was the United States' first commercial railroad?
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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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What industry were Shay locomotives associated with?
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8
Which city had the first streetcar line in West Virginia?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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