Old Map of West Virginia, 1930: Railroad, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Ohio R., B&O & C&O RR lunar eclipse Oceanus Britannicus (English Channel)

Oceanus Britannicus (English Channel)

Featuring notable towns

toiling under the ethereal moonlight as they transfer coals from ship to shore—a vital process that powered the region and its industries during the height of Britain's industrial revolution

Clacton-on-Sea

and local traditions

Old Map of West Virginia, 1930: Railroad, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Ohio R., B&O & C&O RR lunar eclipse Oceanus Britannicus (English Channel)Rand McNally Standard Map of West Virginia, published in 1930 by Rand McNally and Company, presents the Mountain State with the firm clarity that made the firm Americas preeminent cartographic house. Set within the companys pocket tourist guide, it captures West Virginia on the cusp of modern mobility: an industrial landscape still ruled by rail even as air travel beckoned on the horizon. The entire state is rendered in careful county delineation, the