This reproduction bird’s-eye view map of Wheeling, West Virginia was
drawn by Albert Ruger and published by Ruger & Stoner in 1870. Wheeling
was established in the late 1700s in the Ohio River Valley Region. It
earned its township status in 1805 and was incorporated as a city in
1836. Wheeling is located along the Ohio River and also the island in
the middle of the river, across from Bridgeport, Ohio.
The
Wheeling Suspension Bridge was completed from Wheeling to Bridgeport in
1849 adding a valuable link to the Cumberland Road. It spanned 310
meters from tower to tower and was designed by Charles Ellet Jr., who
went on to design the popular Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge. A
windstorm in 1854 caused the Wheeling bridge deck to buckle and
collapse, but it was rebuilt and improved, which is evidenced by its
continued use today.
In the early days of statehood Wheeling was
named capital of West Virginia, but in the year of this map’s
publishing, the capital was moved to Charleston.
The colorful map
from 1870 includes labeled streets, buildings, bridges, shipping traffic
and railroad lines. It features Bridgeport, Ohio in the foreground.
Features numbered references to
the following locations:
1. Court House.
2. Market House.
3. Post Office.
4. Seminary.
5. School Houses.
6. Hospital.
7. Water Works.
8. Cemetery.
9. Fair Ground.
10. B. & O. R. R. Depot.
11. C. & P. R. R. Depot.
12. Hempfield R.
R. Depot.
13. Baptist Church.
14. Episcopal Church.
15.
Evangelical Church.
16. Lutheran Church.
17. Methodist Church.
18. R. Catholic Church.
19. Mont de Chantal.
20. Presbyterian
Church.
21. La Belle Nail Works. Bailey, Underwood & Co.
22.
Belmont Iron Works.
23. River Side Nail Works. Dewey, Vance & Co.
24. John Hamilton & Co. Foundry.
25. Culbertson & Fisher Foundry.
26. Joseph Bell & Co. Foundry.
27. D. Lynn & Co. Foundry.
28.
Norway Jack & Co. Jones Heath & Co.
29. J. H. Hobbs Brockaner & Co. |
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4 lbs |
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4 lbs |
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