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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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In 1877, a national strike in which one of the following industries escalated into violence at Martinsburg?
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Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia's coalfields?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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What is today's successor to the old N&W Railway?
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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