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The Ironton Norfolk and Western Depot is a former train station in downtown Ironton, Ohio, United States.Constructed at the beginning of the twentieth century, it served the transportation needs of its community for more than half a century, and it has been named a historic site because of its place in local history.
Bonne Terre Depot, also known as the Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway Depot, is a historic train station located at Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri. It was built in 1909 by the Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway , and is a 2 1/2-story, Queen Anne / Stick style frame building on an ashlar foundation.
Rax Roast Beef is a regional U.S. fast food restaurant chain specializing in roast beef sandwiches. The company has been through many iterations, declaring bankruptcy more than once, rising to as many as 504 locations in 38 U.S. states in the 1980s and falling to fewer than 10 locations in the 2020s.
Ironton was founded in 1849 by John Campbell, [6] a prominent pig iron manufacturer in the area. He chose the location of Ironton because of its site along the Ohio River, which would allow for water transport of iron ore to markets downriver. Between 1850 and 1890, Ironton was one of the foremost producers of iron in the world.
The Downtown Ironton Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Ironton, Ohio. The district is roughly bounded by Washington and Center Streets and South 2nd and South 4th Streets. [2] The buildings in the district were constructed between the 1870s and the 1950s. [3]
The Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA) is the city bus system in Huntington, West Virginia, and Ironton, Ohio, as well as its suburbs.Its buses range, on the West Virginia side from 21st Street in Kenova, WV to Milton, West Virginia, about 20 miles to the east.
Greenup County, Kentucky, lies across the Ohio River to the south. It is the farthest downstream of Lawrence County's Ohio River townships. Two municipalities are located on Hamilton Township's shoreline: Hanging Rock , the smallest village in the county, in the middle; and part of Ironton , the county seat and only city of Lawrence County, in ...
The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, built in 1892, is an historic building located at 401 Railroad Street in Ironton, Ohio.Designed by noted Ohio architect Joseph W. Yost in the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, it was built to serve as a Grand Army of the Republic memorial and the meeting hall of Dick Lambert Post No. 165 of the GAR.