The Brown Collection of Photographs

Index 1888-1892

62	1888	Coal tipple, Elm Grove Coal Mine.
63	1888	Elm Grove: Old Stone Bridge from Fire Department House.
64	1888	The arch erected for the reunion of the Grand Army of the Potomac on 12th and Market Street.
65	1888	National Road Elm Grove B&O Railroad station.
66	1888	National Road at McCulloch's Leap.
67	1888	In 1888 the stone bridge over the creek on Main Street collapsed. It was replaced by the present stone bridge.
68	1888	B & O Railroad Bridge.
69	1888	The back river dam and the old crystal glass works.
70	1888	Monument Place, Elm Grove, showing the old stone barn and the roof of the slave quarters.
71	1889	The terminal railroad bridge in North Wheeling was started in 1889. In August, 1991, the first Wheeling and Lake Erie train crossed the bridge and entered the city.
72	1889	River front tragedy. A yacht capsized and three persons drowned. This interesting picture shows the water front to 3rd Street, and the industry in this section.
73	1890	A busy day at the Wheeling Wharf. Scenes like this were daily occurrencenes in the days when the river was the fastest means of transportation between distant cities.
74	1890	Old steam railroad by Echo Point.
75	1890	View of Wheeling from Chapline Street hill behind the Ohio Valley General Hospital.
76	1891	View from the Steel Bridge looking south showing the Belmont Mill and the Pontoon Bridge to the fairground.
77	1891	The packet "Ben Hur" tied up on Water Street during the flood of 1891. The "Ben Hur" sank in 1916 on the Mississippi River.
78	1891	A new stone bridge spanned Wheeling Creek on Main Street.
79	1892	Main Street Looking North, when town was fully decorated for Columbian Day, October 21, 1892. Made from 16th Street.
80	1892	View of Birch Lynn and Pleasant Valley from Echo Point looking east.

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