Peninsula Extension
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peninsula-extension-223-71068
title:
Peninsula Extension
text:
The Peninsula Extension which created the Peninsula Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was the new railroad line on the Virginia Peninsula from Richmond to southeastern Warwick County. Its principal purpose was to provide an important new pathway for coal mined in West Virginia to reach the harbor of Hampton Roads for coastal and export shipping on collier ships. Completed on 16 October 1881, the new double-tracked railroad and the other development visions of industrialist Col
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1881 railroad line from Richmond, VA to Newport News, VA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_Extension
date created:
2008-10-17T09:07:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T01:02:39Z
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