Wellsburg Wharf
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 40° 16.135 W 080° 36.854
17T E 532799 N 4457676
Maker giving history of wharf area in Wellsburg, West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMK86E
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2014
Views: 3
Marker text:
Wellsburg Wharf
In the 1790's, flatboats left here with their cargoes for southern markets. To accommodate and store products, warehouses and wharfs were built along our river banks. This wharf, which was established in the 1800's, extended twenty feet out in the river. To the north and south of this wharf are the foundations of two warehouses which were built in the 1790's and early 1800's.