▼ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
▼ History | ▼ Newspaper Articles | ▼ Photographs
B&O Railroad in Wheeling
On January 1, 1853, the first Baltimore & Ohio train arrived in Wheeling from Baltimore, connecting the Atlantic with the Ohio River.
See:
Places > Historic Architecture > B&O Building
Places > Historic Architecture > B&O Freight Depot
Places > Historic Architecture > B&O Railroad Bridge (Hempfield Viaduct)
Places > Historic Architecture > B&O Stone Viaduct Bridge from Benwood to Bellaire
Newspaper Articles
▶ Closing of the tracks: Wheeling Intelligencer, December 28, 1852
▶ Approaching B&O Opening Celebration: Wheeling Intelligencer, January 4, 1853
▶ Celebration of the Opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Wheeling Intelligencer, January 12, 1853
▶ Celebration of the Opening of the B&O Railroad Reception: Wheeling Intelligencer, January 13, 1853
▶ The Excursion from Baltimore: Wheeling Intelligencer, January 15, 1853
Photographs
Additional Resources
Materials in the Library: (circulating)
▶ The story of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1827-1927, Hungerford, Edward, 1928. Non-fiction stacks - Call #: 385.0975 H895s v.1, 385.0975 H895s v.2
▶ The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia, Withers, Bob, 2007. Non-fiction stacks - Call #: 385.0975 W776b 2007
Materials in the Library's Wheeling Room: (non-circulating, ask for access at the reference desk)
▶ Vertical File: B & O Railroad, compiled by OCPL staff.
Materials in the Library's Archives: (non-circulating, view by appointment only*)
*Call 304-232-0244 or send an email to make an appointment to view archival materials.
▶ Archives vertical file: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
▶ Report on the location of the western portion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-road to a committee of the City council of Wheeling, Ellet, Charles, 1850.
▶ Second report on the location of the western portion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, to a committee of the City Council of Wheeling, Ellet, Charles, 1850.
▶ Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Company Passenger Station Photographs, 1907-1908. (View finding aid)
▶ James E. Burke collection of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Photographs. (View finding aid)
▶ Beverly Fluty Papers, Box 1, folder 9; Box 22, folders 1 & 2. (View finding aid for Fluty collection.)
Online resources from the Library of Congress:
▶ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wheeling Freight Station, Fourteenth & South Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
▶ Map & profile of the location of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road from Cumberland to Wheeling showing also the various routes surveyed from the 1836 to the final establishment in 1850 of the line upon which the road is being constructed; Benj. H. Latrobe, Chief Engineer; drawn by Albert Fink, Baltimore 1850.
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