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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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What is today's successor to the old N&W Railway?
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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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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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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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This turnpike ran from Weston to the Kanawha River.
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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