The Story of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1827-1927. Profusely illustrated with maps, prints, photographs, etc., etc.

by Edward Hungerford

$200 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xii, 372; x, 365 pp. Plates, double-page maps. Built from Baltimore to the Ohio River to counteract the prosperity that canals were bringing to the rival cities of Philadelphia and New York … it was not until Christmas, 1853, that it was completed to Wheeling, Virginia Dictionary of American History . Standard history of this early railway in an attractive binding. Very good copy

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