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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Western Maryland Railway |
| Title: | Collection 281. Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) Blueprints, 1937 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) Blueprints consist of sixteen 24" x 36" blueprint sheets for the Randolph Avenue Overhead on US 250 and 219 about the Western Maryland Railway in Elkins, West Virginia. |
| This collection illustrates the engineering practices of 1930s West Virginia. Six blueprints show span details, three show pier details while seven show pilings, girders and general plan. | |
| Extent: | 3 feet linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 281. Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) Blueprints, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish on 15 November 2005. The accession number is 06-02. The collection was opened to the public in February 2006.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, February 2006
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, February 2006
Western Maryland Railway was chartered as the Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick Railroad by Maryland in 1852 and renamed Western Maryland Railroad in 1853. By 1870, the Western Maryland Railroad was actively involved in coal. Chesapeake and Ohio Railraod purchased it in 1968.
For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad website and Brief history of several rail companies active in Appalachia.
| Architecture |
| Blueprints |
| State Record Commission of West Virginia |
| Western Maryland Railway |
| Collection 281. Randolph Avenue Overhead (Elkins, WV) Blueprints. (1937) | |||||||||
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| 1 | 16 blueprints. | ||||||||
