A rigid concrete bridge over Hawkinberry Run near Rivesville, West Virginia, was built for the Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad, an electric interurban railway linking Fairmont and Clarksburg.
A rigid concrete bridge over Hawkinberry Run near Rivesville, West Virginia, was built for the Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad, an electric interurban railway linking Fairmont and Clarksburg. The initial line between the two cities became operational in 1907. 2
In 1912, the Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company merged with the Fairmont & Mannington Railroad to form the Monongahela Valley Traction Company. 1 2 4 By 1914, the company had started offering local freight services, coordinating with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. 1 2
In 1921, reflecting its expansion into the power industry, the company was renamed the Monongahela Power & Railway Company, with interurban operations continuing under its Monongahela Valley Traction Company subsidiary. 3 4 By 1923, 4 the company was under the management of the West Penn Public Service Company and became known as the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company. 1
The Monongahela West Penn was acquired by City Lines of West Virginia in 1944. 1 2 By 1947, the remaining interurban network was converted to bus operations.
Information
- State: West Virginia
- Route: Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad
- Type: Beam
- Status: Abandoned / Closed
Sources
- Burns, Adam. “West Virginia Interurban and Streetcar History.” American-Rails.com, 24 May 2023.
- Tanner, Borgon “Streetcar Lines.” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, 29 May 2020.
- Workman, Michael. “Fairmont, West Virginia: A Historic Industrial Survey.” The Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 22 Mar. 1993, pp. 35-36, 51.
- “Transit Systems in West Virginia – Historic Interurban Railways.” Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site.