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Collection
0255: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers
Institution
Marshall University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1888
Description
Engine of the Newport News & Mississippi Valley RR at Huntington on C&O tracks, ca. 1888, b&w. The Newport News & Mississippi Valley RR was another of Collis P. Huntington's companies, which evidently merged with the C&O RR. Note on back reads: In the group shown are J. G. Eskew, then master mechanic's clerk at Huntington C&O shops, Plummer Holson, later superintendent at Clifton Forge Shops and James Ogg. Picture was about 1888 at 10th St & C&O tracks, Huntington, W.Va. )Engine is a 4-4-0 "American" class steam engine, typical of 1890's light steam locomotives).
Format
Photograph
Subject
Subject Terms: Newport News & Mississippi Valley RR Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Huntington, W. Va. Railroad locomotives
People: Eskew, J. G. Holson, Plummer Ogg, James
Type
Still Image
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Identifier
1979.01.0255.25.08.01
Recommended Citation
"Engine of the Newport News & Mississippi Valley RR at Huntington, ca. 1888" (1888). 0255: Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1972. 120.
https://mds.marshall.edu/bliss_enslow_add/120
