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Bellaire had what glass companies and other manufacturers needed: a good transportation infrastructure, a good labor supply, and plenty of coal for fuel. In 1886 Northwest Ohio began a "gas boom" with the discovery of natural gas near the small community of Findlay. Local businessmen used incentives such as free land, cash, and low-cost natural ...
Bellaire is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,870 at the 2020 census, having peaked in 1920. The population was 3,870 at the 2020 census, having peaked in 1920.
Bellaire Belmont: Roman-arched Viaduct ... 1886, 1887 1975-06-05 ... Kingpost truss bridge, named for Ohio's second governor Knowlton Covered Bridge: ca. 1860, ca ...
English: Perspective map not drawn to scale. Also shows Benwood, West Virginia. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 680 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest, directory, and view "Southern extension of Belmont Street." AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1; 710/2
Belmont County is located in the Ohio coal belt. [16] At one time, steamships traveling down the Ohio River knew Bellaire as the last stop for coal until Cincinnati. [17] In 1866, the town also had railroad service from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Toledo & Ohio Railroad.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
In early 1886, a major discovery of ... 1882 Ohio railroad map for area around Fostoria. ... At least 20 "first class workmen" joined the company from Bellaire, Ohio ...
The B&O Railroad's first bridge across the Ohio River, built in 1857, served a rail line through Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the growing center of Chicago, Illinois, made a span between Benwood, West Virginia, and Bellaire more desirable. In 1865, the B&O obtained the Central Ohio Railroad and later the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad.