Wheeling, largest city in West Virginia, U.S., on the Ohio River, 67 m. SW. of Pittsburg; contains some fine buildings; is a country rich in bituminous coal; has extensive manufactures; is a great railway centre, and carries on an extensive trade.
Population (circa 1900) given as 39,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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