Located at the Bellaire Clinic rear parking lot, 3000 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, OH
The Great Stone Viaduct Historical Society will have a tent booth staffed by members with information about their organization, with the Great Stone Viaduct as a panoramic backdrop.
You will also have the opportunity to enjoy the Ohio Valley Farmers Market at this stop.
A central feature of Bellaire is a massive stone railroad viaduct which still carries railroad traffic between Ohio and West Virginia. The viaduct was built of 43 sandstone arches reminiscent of a roman viaduct. It was completed in 1871 and operated by the B & 0 Railroad. The Viaduct is a registered historic structure in Bellaire, Ohio, listed in the National Registry on June 22, 1976. A dedicated group of local men and women from all walks of life, have formed the Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society, and are working to keep and promote the railroad heritage that transformed Bellaire and its landscape. With 43 stone arches, the Great Stone Viaduct is Bellaire’s most recognizable landmark that helped to shape not only the Ohio Valley, but the whole of the county. Using this structure as the name for the society, the board of trustees is working to preserve that landmark and to let others know about the rich transportation history that railroads once brought to the area.