The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Ma
From left to right: Stone piers from 1851 at Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge; the bridge in 1894; and the bridge in 1931
West Portal of the Harpers Ferry Tunnel
View from the Split Rock overlook in 2021
Harpers Ferry Bollman Bridge
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 269 at the 2020 United States census. Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Ri
B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing
…site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland, and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978, for its significance in commerce, engineering, industry, invention…
Aerial view of Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights at the confluence of the Shenandoah (left) and Potomac Rivers
Gravesite of Robert Harper from whom the town takes its name
View of Harpers Ferry from Jefferson Rock in 1854
The same view in 2021