The Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad reaches Bretz

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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

The station, company store, and railroad at Bretz

James Brown collection · Undated photographs

These photographs show the company store and a building identified in the collection as the M&K station, with the mine and coke-oven area beyond. Both are undated and are not identified as views of the railroad’s September 1903 arrival.

Steam locomotive on tracks beside the Bretz company store, with people gathered by the tracks and on the porch and a water tank at left. — Bretz company store and railroad, date unknown. Photo courtesy of the James Brown collection. Open image in separate tab

Two-story wooden station beside railroad tracks, with industrial structures in the distance. — Building identified in the collection as the Bretz M&K station, with the mine and coke-oven area in the background. This undated view does not depict the railroad’s arrival in September 1903. Date unknown. Photo courtesy of the James Brown Collection. Open larger image
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