Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)
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B&O Railroad Museum. —. The National Railway Historical Society honors the B&O Railroad Museum on the 175th anniversary of beginning construction of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on July 4, 1828. The museum is commended in its efforts t…
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Working for the Railroad: Women. —. Prior to World War I, a small percentage of women worked for railroad companies as maids, car cleaners, and telegraph operators. The B&O hired its first women as car cleaners in 1855. As men left to fight overseas i…
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Camp Carroll. The War Came by Train—. Located approximately one mile west along the B&O Railroad's right-of-way was the site of Baltimore's largest Civil War training camp. Known variously throughout the War as Camp Carroll and Camp Cheesebrough, it w…
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First Commercial Railroad Right-of-Way in America. The War Came by Train—. You are standing on the original right-of-way of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the nations first commercial railroad to handle both freight and passenger service. This right-o…
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B&O No. 908. "John T. Collinson"—. Railroads built office cars for officials directors, stockholders, and other wealthy patrons as early as the 1840s. Used for right-of-way inspection trips and other business travel, these rolling offices provided an …
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Main Line Electrification of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) 1895. IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing—. On 27 June 1895, at the nearby Howard Street Tunnel, the B&O demonstrated the first electrified main line railroad, and c…
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Cumberland. . In 1749 Christopher Gist, an agent for the Ohio Company, arrived at the junction of the Wills Creek and the North Branch of the Potomac River to erect a trading post. In anticipation of the French and Indian War a fort was constructed in 1754 …
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Crossroads of America Mural. . . About this sign . The outline drawing above represents the heritage-themed mural to your right. The mural is organized chronologically into sections. Each section is described here, with accompanying historic images. . .…
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Cumberland. Town Map and Directory. . Downtown Cumberland . The Flood of March 29, 1924 inflicted almost $5 million worth of destruction in the City of Cumberland. Telephone, telegraph, roads and electric wires were washed away. Though not as bad, another…
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Cumberland Surrenders. Between the Line. In June 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. John D. Imboden to protect the army's left flank as it marched north through the Shenandoah Valley. Imboden was to draw Union forces into Hampshire County, We…