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Railroads -- Virginia.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Map of the Richmond and Louisville Railroad, 1882

 Item — Map case 2, drawer 11: Series 3, Folder: 9762
Identifier: 3
Abstract

Large format paper map of the Richmond and Louisville R.R. "connecting the railroads of Virginia with the railroads of Kentucky." Condition: poor, fragile. Handle with special care.

Dates: Copyright: 1882

Norfolk and Western Railroad Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0063 SAA 063
Abstract Chartered in 1881, the Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased the property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company.  The combined length owned by Clark and associates, after the rights had been bought in a public sale, was just over 400 miles.  By the year 1900 another 1,100 miles had been added including a branch as far north as Columbus, Ohio.  Growth was limited for the railroad...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1881-1979