This book documents the construction of railroads in West Virginia, largely to access the untouched stands of timber in such counties as Upshur, Webster, Nichol
William Warden began photographing logging railroads in West Virginia in 1957. This book explains--and illustrates with both color and black & white photographs
Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America