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Warrior Run became operational on February 10, 2000. As provided by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the local utility, the Potomac Edison Company, which is a unit of FirstEnergy, is required to purchase the electric output of Warrior Run at its "avoided cost" rate under a contract for thirty years.
Cumberland has several media outlets; most carry some form of satellite programming. WCBC-AM and WFRB-FM have some local news content, but do not have reporters collecting it. The closest public radio station is WFWM, at Frostburg, Maryland. Allegany Magazine is a recent media addition. The Cumberland Times-News is the area's daily newspaper.
Wills Mountain State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area on Wills Mountain overlooking the Cumberland Narrows in Allegany County, Maryland. The state park occupies 470 acres (190 ha) on the northwest edge of the City of Cumberland. It is under the control of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The Amtrak Capitol Limited passes through Cumberland Yard on its way to Washington, D.C. In the background are CSX freight trains. On the left is Mexico Tower, a closed interlocking tower. The Cumberland Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the Cumberland, Maryland area.
Canal Parkway, which carries the unsigned Maryland Route 61 (MD 61) designation, is a state highway and automobile parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland.The road begins at the West Virginia state line at the North Branch Potomac River opposite Wiley Ford, where the highway continues south as West Virginia Route 28 (WV 28).
The line runs from Cumberland, Maryland, west to Grafton, West Virginia, [1] along the original Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) main line. It was known as the West End Subdivision until the B&O's absorption into the Chessie System , and included the B&O's original crossing of the Allegheny Mountains .
1951: Cumberland anti-Communist ordinance declared unconstitutional; 1961: Cumberland Glass Company, the last hand-blown glass operation, closes; 1961: Allegany Community College opens; 1964: A B-52 Stratofortress carrying two nuclear bombs crashes 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Cumberland, near Lonaconing, MD in neighboring Garrett County.
Cumberland basin at Canal Place, looking towards Georgetown (184.5 miles down the canal). Canal Place is a 58.1-acre (235,000 m 2 ) heritage area located in Cumberland, Maryland at the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal .