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Richmond and Alleghany Railroad

Index Richmond and Alleghany Railroad

The Richmond and Alleghany Railroad was built along the James River along the route of the James River and Kanawha Canal from Richmond on the Fall Line at the head of navigation to a point west of Lynchburg near Buchanan, Virginia, and combined with the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway Company to reach Clifton Forge, Virginia. [1]

34 relations: Alleghany Subdivision, Appalachian Mountains, Atlantic Seaboard fall line, Blue Ridge Mountains, Boulevard Bridge, Buchanan, Virginia, Buckingham Branch Railroad, Canal, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Clifton Forge, Virginia, Collis Potter Huntington, CSX Transportation, Florence Division, George Washington, Gladstone, Virginia, Glasgow, Virginia, Head of navigation, James H. Dooley, James River, James River and Kanawha Canal, Lynchburg, Virginia, Maymont, Ohio River, Philanthropy, Rail transport, Richmond Main Street Station, Richmond, Virginia, Rivanna Subdivision, Shortline railroad, Towpath, U.S. state, Virginia, Virginia Central Railroad, West Virginia.

Alleghany Subdivision

The Alleghany Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Atlantic Seaboard fall line

The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States.

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Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range.

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Boulevard Bridge

Boulevard Bridge in the independent city of Richmond, Virginia is a toll bridge which carries State Route 161 across the James River.

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Buchanan, Virginia

Buchanan is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.

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Buckingham Branch Railroad

Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 275 miles (443 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century.

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Clifton Forge, Virginia

Clifton Forge is a town in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States which is part of the Roanoke Region.

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Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who built the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Florence Division

The Florence Division is a railroad division operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Gladstone, Virginia

Gladstone is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

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Glasgow, Virginia

Glasgow is a town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Maury Rivers.

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Head of navigation

Head of navigation is the farthest point above the mouth of a river that can be navigated by ships.

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James H. Dooley

James Henry Dooley (January 17, 1841 – November 16, 1922) was a Virginia lawyer, business leader, politician, and philanthropist based in Richmond during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age.

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James River

The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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James River and Kanawha Canal

The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.

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Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Maymont

Maymont is a 100-acre (0.156 sq mi) Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy means the love of humanity.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Richmond Main Street Station

Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rivanna Subdivision

The Rivanna Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Virginia.

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Shortline railroad

A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks.

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Towpath

A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Central Railroad

The Virginia Central Railroad was an early railroad in the U.S. state of Virginia that operated between 1850 and 1868 from Richmond westward for to Covington.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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James River Subdivision, Richmond & Allegheny, Richmond and Alleghany Railway, Richmond and Allegheny Railroad, Richmond and Allegheny Railway.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_and_Alleghany_Railroad

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