Non-Railroads

There are several railroads depicted on maps in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records that did not exist. Below are the ones I've identified.
Reference Comment
XVI/1
LXXXVI/12
A road is shown west of Richmond and west of the Richmond & Danville RR, both south and north of the James River. The road on the north side is the Tuckahoe RR (which may not have been a steam road at this time) and the road on the south side is not known to have ever existed.
XVI/1
XVII/1
LXXXVI/12
LXXXIX/2
CXXXVII
The road east of Powhite Station (on the Richmond & Danville RR) and farthest from the James River had been removed in 1857. It had been the Chesterfield RR to coal mines.
LXIII/1, 6 The road shown from Navy Cove to Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, had been a tram road at the start of the war. It was in active use in 1861 {NA, M&O 5-1-61NA, S&C 5-11-61, NA, M&O 9-30-61, NA, M&O 10-30-61NA, S&C 10-19-61, NA, RR 10-31-61, NA, S&C 12-7-61, NA, M&O 11-15-61, NA, S&C 6-15-64} At some point, the iron rails were removed and replaced with wooden rails.
CXLVII The "Mobile & Pensacola RR" was never constructed.

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