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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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During the Civil War, "Stonewall" Jackson burned down the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops in this city.
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What is today's successor to the old N&W Railway?
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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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