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Where does the song say that John Henry, West Virginia's famous steel driver, defeated the steam drill?
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Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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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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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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