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1
Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
2
Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?
3
What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
4
Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
5
Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
6
Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
7
How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
8
The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
9
The Northwestern Virginia Turnpike later became part of this road.
10
Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?

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