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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 ...
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.
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
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. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area.
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway: Ohio and Kanawha Railway: NYC: 1886 1886 Kanawha and Ohio Railway: Ohio and Kentucky Bridge Company: C&O: 1886 1886 Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer and Bridge Company: Ohio and Little Kanawha Railroad: B&O: 1900 1966 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Ohio Midland Railroad ...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system map, circa 1961 The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway took financial control of the B&O in 1963. [ 52 ] On May 1, 1971, Amtrak had taken over all of the remaining non-commuter routes of the B&O.
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.
Share of the Central Ohio Rail Road Company, issued 24. August 1862. On January 19, 1852, trains began running between Zanesville and Newark. [1] A year later trains ran from Newark to Columbus. Finally, in November 1854 the entire line was open between Bellaire and Columbus.