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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 30, 2013
Caption:
Pay First | Additional Description: ❷ For over 104 years travelers crossed the Wheeling Suspension Bridge had to pay a toll. A man and horse was $.10, a six-horse carriage was 15, a four-horse mail coach was $1.25 per month, hogs and sheep were $.02 per animal, and the Western stagecoach was $2,000 per year. The tolls ended on June 15, 1953.
Close-up of image on markerSubmitted: January 1, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p263443
File Size: 1.249 Megabytes
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