
The industrial and extractive history of Southern Ohio is clearly legible in this 1961 survey, where the intersecting tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad, and the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad converge near South Webster. This rail-heavy landscape served as a conduit for the region's natural resources, particularly its fireclay and coal. Numerous Claypits and Strip Mines are scattered across the terrain, notably near Firebrick and Eifort, marking the footprint of the brick-making and mining operations that once drove the local economy.
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