The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467118934ISBN-10:1467118931UPC:9781467118934Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCTG27VG4J
The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad
In 1849, Virginia began a bold railroad expansion toward the Ohio River and its lucrative trade connections. The project's plan covered 423 miles and called for piercing two mountain chains with three railroads. The Blue Ridge Railroad was the shortest of these but crossed the most mountainous terrain. At times, hired slaves, who prepared the tracks, and Irish immigrants, who blasted the tunnels,...
Series: Transportation
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467118934ISBN-10:1467118931UPC:9781467118934Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCTG27VG4J
Lyons, Mary E.: - Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish-U.S. citizenship. She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation...
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