National Historic Landmark - Wheeling Suspension Bridge

Oldest major long-span suspension bridge in the world, with a span of more than 1,000 feet. This bridge is possibly the Nation's most significant extant ante-bellum engineering structure. Its construction established American leadership in the building of suspension bridges.

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Wheeling Hospital

Chartered March 12, 1850, oldest hospital in state, thru efforts of Dr. S.P. Hullihen, Bishop Whelan and Sisteres of Saint Joseph. Had several locations before moving to this site in 1856. Served as Civil War Army hospital, Nov. 1864 - ...

Wheeling through the Years

Before Bryce Canyon was a national park, the Union Pacific Railroad conceived the "Grand Circle" of parks; an area that encompassed Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. In order for the ...

Forks of Wheeling Creek

George Washington described the land here in 1770. The French expedition headed by Capt. Celeron buried leaden plates at the mouth in 1749 and claimed the land for France. De Bonnescamp’s map gives creek name–Kanonouaras.

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Wheeling Suspension Bridge - 1849

In 1816, with a strong interest in internal improvements, the legislatures of Virginia and Ohio authorized the formation of the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company (Belmont because the bridge company was to connect from Wheeling, Virginia to Belmont County in ...

Wheeling Suspension Bridge

The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, constructed by Charles Ellet, Jr. between 1846 and 1849, was the first long-span wire-cable suspension bridge in the United States. For many years it was the longest clear-span bridge in the world. The deck was wrecked ...

Wheeling

Indian word. Settled, 1769, by Ebenezer, Jonathan, Andrew, and Silas Zane. Fort Henry, once Fort Fincastle, built, 1774. Mail boats, 1794, National Pike, 1818, and B&O Railroad, 1852, combined with its iron mills to make Wheeling a great manufacturing center.

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