National Road Milepost, about 1840
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description
content: This cast iron milepost stood near Frostburg, Maryland on the National Road, the most ambitious road building project undertaken in the United States at the time of its construction. Opened in 1818 between Cumberland, Maryland and Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), the National Road was the first highway built with federal funds and eventually was extended to Illinois. The National Road became one of the great highways of westward migration, carrying supplies to settlers near the Ohio River and frontier products to eastern cities.
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: State of Maryland, State Roads Commission
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.322268
label: catalog number
content: 322268
label: accession number
content: 247888
objectType: label: Object Name
content: milepost
label: Other Terms
content: milepost; Road
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 27 in x 14 in; 142.24 cm x 68.58 cm x 35.56 cm