Wheeling Terminal Railway Bridge

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Terminalbridge.jpg
Thanks to Steve Franklin for postcard!

Built 1891, demolished 1993, but unused since 1982 and last used for passenger trains in 1938. Source: Dunham (2003) Built by Dominick Carey, who was killed in 1891 while building the Main Street Bridge.

1884: Banknote engraving
Under construction
Broader construction view, 1889
1890 NY Times article