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Improvements planned for museum… Capital funds boost Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station
By Dean Wright - Special to OVP
The Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station Museum is setting its sights on $75,000 of capital budget funds to finish the floor of its interior exhibit area and more. (OVP File Photo)
GALLIPOLIS With the recent announcement of capital bill funding appropriations for Gallia County organizations, the Gallipolis Railroad Freight Station Museum is setting its sights on $75,000 to finish the floor of its interior exhibit area and more.
“We are tickled to death with that,” said Museum Board Vice President Jerry Davis. “We’re hoping with that money to devote it to the completion or almost completion of the freight area of the station.”