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    Mist gathers around the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

    Mist gathers around the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on the West Fork River in Weston, West Virginia.

    Mist gathers around the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on the West Fork River in Weston, West Virginia.

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