City Point Railroad
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In 1836, the Virginia House of Delegates approved a charter for the City Point Railroad. City Point, Virginia, was just ten years old. The Lower Appomattox Company ran boats of cargo from Petersburg,
Sketch of first train leaving City Point in 1838 by Francis Earle Lutz drawn in 1957.
City Point Warf Granite Work.
The Southside Railroad was a railroad in Virginia that operated independently from 1854 until 1870, when it was absorbed to form the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad. The 5 ft gauge railroad conn
City Point Railroad
…higher freight charges and limited ships would service the port meaning less cargo for the renamed Railroad to ship. The line was later purchased by the Southside Railroad in 1854 to connect much further inland. During the siege of Petersburg the United States Military Railroad rebuilt part of the old line for the City…
South Side Railroad Depot in Petersburg, VA at corner of Rock and River streets, built 1851, 1853.
High Bridge near Farmville, Virginia in the 1850s
Farmville Train Station
Appomattox Station 1865