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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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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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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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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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This turnpike ran from Weston to the Kanawha River.
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