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B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing

The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978, for its significance in commerce, engineering, industry, invention, and transportation.

History
The original Harper's Ferry operated from 1733 until it was replaced by a timber covered road bridge in about 1824 at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Built in 1836–1837, the B&O's first crossing over the Potomac was an covered wood truss. In 1837 the Winchester and Potomac Railroad reached Harpers Ferry from the south, and Latrobe joined it to the B&O line using a "Y" span. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:CSX locomotives, Harpers Ferry Tunnel.jpg|West Portal of the Harpers Ferry Tunnel File:Potomac River Crossing after Hurricane Ida, Harpers Ferry, WV.jpg|View from the Split Rock overlook in 2021 ==See also==
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