Wheeling
(2010)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2010
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439641330 (electronic bk.) MWT11454921, 1439641331 (electronic bk.) 11454921
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The convergence of the Ohio River, the National Road, a remarkable bridge, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad transformed Wheeling into a transportation hub. Fed by an influx of immigrant labor, the city prospered, adding industrial muscle. But global economic changes brought the machine to a sudden halt
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