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Railroad

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0048
Abstract

Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras.

Dates: 1875

Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1994-003
Scope and Content Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway...
Dates: c.1900-1925, 1994

Map of Pocahantas Coal Fields

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0363
Abstract

Map shows Pocahontas Coal Field, with index of mines and their owners. Map is bordered by images of the mines listed on the map.

Dates: 1948

Map of Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0203
Abstract

Map shows land in Pulaski, Virginia, owned by The Pulaski Land Co. and The Iron Belt Land, Mining, and Development Company. It contains an illustration in the upper left.

Dates: 1884

Map of Roanoke County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0188
Abstract

Full title reads, "Map of Roanoke County, Virginia, compiled from actual surveys, land maps, and data furnished by the Appalachia Electric Power Co., Virginia State Highway Dept., Norfolk & Western R. R., Virginian Railway" Map contains table of distances, statistics of Roanoke City, Salem, Vinton, and Roanoke County, historical origin of the city, and legend.

Dates: 1942

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract

Map is rather bare, showing transportation in the form of railroads (both complete and in-progress), stage routes, and canal routes, and geographic features such as rivers and mountains. It shows towns that are connected by the routes, but little more.

Dates: circa 1890

Map of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Connecting Chesapeake Bay with Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and Their Tributary Streams

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0373
Abstract

Undated map shows the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, identifying locks and tributaries. Map also contains some hand-written annotations.

Dates: n.d.

Map of the "Old" Augusta Co. Fair Grounds at Staunton, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0106
Abstract

Map is in blue-scale, showing the "Old" Augusta County Fairgrounds, containing 27.13 acres.

Dates: 1875

Map of the Twelve-Pole and Part of the Guyandot Basins, Showing the location of Coal, Oil, Gas, Iron and Timber Lands, In Wayne, Cabell, Lincoln, and Logan Counties, West Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0362
Abstract

Map shows land owned by the Guyandot Coal Land Association in the Guyandot basin, in West Virginia. It displays some railroads and openings in coal beds.

Dates: March 1, 1891

Map Showing Industries Along the Miami and Erie Canal

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0382
Abstract

Map shows businesses and industries along the Miami and Erie Canal. It does not identify specific cities and towns, though it does dhow street names.

Dates: ca. 1874