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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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3
The construction of a 4,100-foot tunnel in this county allowed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be completed.
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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Which road today follows the approximate path of the National Road?
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The second major railroad in southern West Virginia, this line carried its first load of coal from Mercer County in 1883.
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The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
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Which city had the first streetcar line in West Virginia?
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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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