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The Ross Booth Memorial Bridge, historically known as the Winfield Toll Bridge, also known as, is a historic three-span cantilever Warren Truss bridge located at Winfield and Red House, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was built in 1955, and spans the Kanawha River, carrying West Virginia Route 34. The cantilever through-truss consists of two ...
Winfield is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, located along the Kanawha River. [5] The population was 2,397 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area .
Putnam County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, its population was 57,440. [1] Its county seat is Winfield, its largest incorporated city is Hurricane, and its largest community is the census-designated place of Teays Valley. [2]
The Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield, West Virginia was built in 1900 to replace an 1848 structure which partially collapsed in 1899. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn with a hip roof and octagonal towers at all four corners. [2] It is similar to the Summers County Courthouse in Hinton, West ...
Putnam County Schools is the operating school district serving Putnam County, West Virginia. It is governed by the Putnam County Board of Education. John Hudson serves as the district superintendent. [2]
Charles Brown, who operated a ferry across the Kanawha River using enslaved labor built this house in 1838, and his son Tallyrand inherited it circa 1848 and rented it out until ultimately selling it in 1852, to Capt. John Bowyer (1794–1878), a veteran of the War of 1812 who became Justice of the Peace for Putnam County in 1848, and also ...
"Ohm" Circle on July 4th 1980 at West Virginia Rainbow Gathering. One of the central features of the annual U.S. gathering is silent meditation on the morning of the Fourth of July, with attendees gathering in a circle in the Main Meadow. At approximately noon the assembly begins a collective "Om" which is ended with whooping and a celebration ...
View north along WV 34 at US 35 in Putnam County WV 34 crosses the Kanawha River over the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge in Winfield, West Virginia. West Virginia Route 34 is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 3 three miles (5 km) east of Hamlin.