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The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
This category contains railroad companies that operate or operated in Chicagoland, roughly bounded by the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (now CN) "Outer Belt". See also: Category:Railway lines in Chicago
Sandy Creek (Ohio River tributary) Sap Branch; Saw Mill Run; Scioto River; Sevenmile Creek (Ohio) Shade River; Sherrick Run (Jacobs Creek tributary) Shupe Run; Silver Creek (Ohio River tributary) Sinking Creek (Breckinridge County, Kentucky) Smiley Run (Youghiogheny River tributary) Stauffer Run (Jacobs Creek tributary) Symmes Creek
The railroad of The Ohio River and Western Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track narrow-gauge steam railroad, located in the eastern part of Ohio. The owned mileage extends in a westerly direction from Bellaire to Mill Run, a distance of 110.516 miles. There is about 15 miles of third rail for standard-gauge equipment.
The original proposal for the railroad was for a 243-mile (391 km) route from Danville through Hume to the Ohio River. The portion running through Hume was completed and put into service in 1881. The north–south railroad was known by the following official and unofficial names: Kansas and Sidell; K & S; Old Dody; Dog River; Crab Oyster ...
The Ohio River & Western Railroad was a 112-mile long (180 km) narrow gauge railway that was incorporated in 1875 and operated from 1877 or 1878 till 1931. The railroad was located in southeastern Ohio. The line ran from Bellaire (east point) to Zanesville (west end). The Ohio River and Western Railroad began construction as the Bellaire and ...
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Cuyahoga River from its mouth at Lake Erie upstream to its source at Burton, Ohio. The list includes current road and rail crossings, as well as various other crossings of the river. All locations are in the U.S. state of 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.