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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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Which road today follows the approximate path of the National Road?
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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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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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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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