B & O Viaducts
N 39° 21.484 W 079° 41.600
17S E 612576 N 4357327
Viaducts designed by engineers Benjamin Latrobe and Albert Fink.
Waymark Code: WMDA8F
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2011
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B & O Viaducts
To S on B & O Railroad is Buckeye Run, Viaduct, 136' high, 350' long & 28' wide. Tray Run Viaduct, .6 mi. NW is 148' high, 454' long and 28' wide. Noted engineers Benjamin Latrobe & Albert Fink designed the viaducts. Built 1852 to carry main line, the bridges were reinforced in 1880s & 1900. A Confederate force attacked these key points on the militarily important B & O Railroad in April 1863.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: B & O Viaducts
Marker Location: West side of Route 72 in Preston county.
County or Independent City: Across the Cheat River is the small town of Manheim.
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Rowlesburg Area Historical Society, West Virginia Archives and History, 1982
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