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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier in West Virginia?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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The construction of a 4,100-foot tunnel in this county allowed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be completed.
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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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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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