Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Viaducts--Maryland;
Engraving by Henry Adlard after the painting by William Henry Bartlett. A proof of the view was published in N. F. Willis' American Scenery. Built in 1834, this famous bridge at Relay is still a part of the main line of the road. It was called the...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Railroads; Viaducts;
Print that features two views of Baltimore: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad viaduct and the Battle Monument. The upper view shows the Patapsco viaduct of the Baltimore and Ohio at Relay, one of the greatest engineering feats of its time (ca. 1834)....
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...