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1902

The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reaches Masontown

Brown reports that the Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reached Masontown in 1902, extending the growing line into this Preston County community.

Masontown

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James J. Brown, “The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad,” Proceedings and Papers of the Monongalia Historical Society, no. 8 (December 2010), p. 4

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From the James Brown Collection

Masontown train depot

James Brown Collection · Undated photograph

This photograph illustrates the railroad setting at Masontown. Its date is unknown; it is not a view of the railroad’s 1902 arrival.

A train on curving tracks beside a small depot building, with wooded hills behind.
Train and depot identified in the collection as Masontown. This undated view does not depict the railroad’s arrival in 1902. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of the James Brown Collection. Open larger image

James Brown Collection

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