Pwenner: This is a photo of what was left of Weverton in the early 20th Century. Note the decaying factory buildings between the railroad and river in what was supposed to have been the cotton mill complex in the 1850s when Caspar Wever's great vision started to fail. The buildings served as a hospital for Union troops during the Civil War and was later a place where cockfights were staged. Some clues, as to the date. The train station. which was demolished in the 1930s is there on the lower left, a...

2026-06-22T20:29:17Z

This is a photo of what was left of Weverton in the early 20th Century. Note the decaying factory buildings between the railroad and river in what was supposed to have been the cotton mill complex in the 1850s when Caspar Wever's great vision started to fail. The buildings served as a hospital for Union troops during the Civil War and was later a place where cockfights were staged. Some clues, as to the date. The train station. which was demolished in the 1930s is there on the lower left, a...

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== Summary ==
This is a photo of what was left of Weverton in the early 20th Century. Note the decaying factory buildings between the railroad and river in what was supposed to have been the cotton mill complex in the 1850s when Caspar Wever's great vision started to fail.

The buildings served as a hospital for Union troops during the Civil War and was later a place where cockfights were staged.

Some clues, as to the date. The train station. which was demolished in the 1930s is there on the lower left, as is the VO Tower, which was demolished around 1960.

Al Moran
I'd say late 20's early 30's with all the water in the canal. It closed in 1924.

Tom Greco
The station is still there in this picture. It is adjacent to the water tank in the lower left corner.

(Washington County Historical Society of Hagerstown MD)

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