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| West Virginia Facts |
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Stone that was quarried near Hinton was contributed by West Virginia for the Washington Monument and arrived in Washington in February 1885. |
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The first steamboat was launched by James Rumsey in the Potomac River at New Mecklensburg (Shepherdstown), West Virginia on December 3, 1787. |
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One of the first suspension bridges in the world was completed in Wheeling, West Virginia in November 1849. |
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