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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_f0bfbc736524d046a33954f3dfa71bef">Correspondence, minutes, and membership cards which reflect the Association's lobbying efforts on behalf of preserving and rebuilding the Northwest Turnpike which ran from Capon Bridge to Parkersburg and is now part of U.S. Route 50.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Northwestern Turnpike Association Records, A&amp;M 0856, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber=" http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003005622" source="lcsh">Capon Bridge (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname source="ingest">Northwestern Turnpike.</geogname>
    <geogname source="ingest">Parkersburg.</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Roads. SEE ALSO Turnpikes.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads.</subject>
    <subject source="local_LC">Roads -- Route 50</subject>
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