|
Petersburg |
| The road was chartered in 1830.
Construction began in 1832 and was completed in 1833. It was a critical
link in the flow of supplies from the rest of the South and the blockade
running ports of Wilmington and Charleston to Richmond. |
| Black's Number |
12 (map) |
| Track |
81 miles of 4 foot 8 inch gauge 50# U & T-rail
(the Gaston Branch was entirely T-rail) |
| Locomotives |
13; 16 names |
| Cars |
180 |
| Stations |
11 |
| Officers |
All |
| Inventories |
January 1, 1862 |
| Passengers & Freight |
1861 |
| Passengers |
1863 |
| Engine and car sheds |
Shops |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Annual Reports |
|
| Significant Documents |
| NP, RD 1-2-61 |
| NP, RD
1-21A-61 |
|
NP, SMN
2-16-61 |
| NP, AG 3-20-61 |
| NP, AG 3-20A-61 |
| NP, RD
4-10-61 |
| NP, RD 5-2-61 |
|
NP, WJ
5-11-61 |
| NP, RD
5-25A-61 |
| NP, RD 5-31-61 |
| NP, RD 6-18A-61 |
|
NP, REX
7-5-61 |
|
NA, QM
7-13A-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-15-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-17A-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-17B-61 |
| NP, RD 7-22-61 |
| NA,
RR 7-23-61 |
|
LOC, SW
7-24-61 |
|
NA, QMR
7-25A-61 |
|
NP, DE
8-5B-61 |
| NA,
P 8-15-61 |
|
NP, WJ 9-12-61 |
| LVA, TRED 10-5-61 |
| LVA, R&P 10-11-61 |
| LVA, R&P 10-16-61 |
| LVA, R&P 10-20-61 |
| LVA, TRED 11-13A-61 |
| NA, QM 11-27-61 |
| LVA, P 11-30-61 |
|
NP,
RD 12-6A-61 |
| NP, VC 12-9A-61 |
|
NA, QMR
12-10A-61 |
| LVA, R&P 12-21-61 |
| NP, RR 12-25-61 |
| NP, CW 1-6-62 |
| NP, RD 1-14A-62 |
| NP, HR 1-22-62 |
|
NA, QMR
1-31-62 |
|
NA, P 2-7-62 |
| NP, RD 2-8-62 |
| NP, MT 2-21B-62 |
|
NA, CSN
3-24-62 |
|
NA, CSN
3-31A-62 |
|
NA, RR
4-7A-62 |
| NA, QM 4-21A-62 |
|
NA, QMR
4-21A-62 |
| NA, R&P
4-21-62 |
|
NA, QMR
4-24B-62 |
|
NA, CSN
4-26A-62 |
|
NA, QM
4-27-62 |
| NP, RD 5-5A-62 |
| NA,
SWR 5-6-62 |
| NP, RD 5-6-62 |
|
NP, DE
5-8D-62 |
|
NP, DE
5-8E-62 |
| NA,
SWT 5-14B-62 |
|
NA, QMR
5-16A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 536 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt 3, Page 555 |
|
NA, QMR
5-29-62 |
|
NP, DE
5-30A-62 |
|
NA, QM 6-2-62 |
|
NA, QMR
6-9-62 |
| NP, WJ 7-2-62 |
|
NA, QMR
7-31-62 |
|
NA, QMR
8-20-62 |
|
NA, RR
8-31A-62 |
|
NA, RR
8-31B-62 |
|
NA, CSN
9-9-62 |
| NP, RR 11-8D-62 |
| LVA, TRED 11-29-62 |
| LVA, TRED 12-10-62 |
|
NA, QMR
12-13A-62 |
|
NA, P 4-8-62 |
| LVA, TRED 1-6-63 |
| NA,
SWR 1-23-63 |
| NA,
RR 1-x-63 |
| NA,
SWT 2-5-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 874A |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 18, Page 875A |
|
NA, CSN
2-28-63 |
|
NA, QMR
3-21-63 |
| NP, RS 3-21-63 |
|
NA, SWR
4-4-63 |
|
NA, SWR
4-4A-63 |
|
NA, RR
4-7A-63 |
| NP, WJ
4-9-63 |
|
NA, CSN
4-29A-63 |
|
NA, RR
5-4C-63 |
|
NA, QMR
5-14-63 |
| NA, RRB
5-15-63 |
| B7, WC&R 5-18-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-4-63 |
|
NA, QM 6-9-63 |
| NP, RD 6-17-63 |
| NP, RS 6-17-63 |
| NP, MAP 6-23-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 952 |
|
NA, RR 7-2-63 |
|
NA, QMR
7-5-63 |
| LVA, RRB 7-11B-63 |
| NA,
P 7-14-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 27, Part 3, Page 1033 |
|
NA, CSN
6-27A-63 |
| LVA, RF&P 7-28-63 |
|
NA, CSN
7-xx-63 |
| NP, RR 8-1A-63 |
| NA, ENG 8-6-63 |
| LVA, RRB 8-7-63 |
|
NA, QM
9-5A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-10A-63 |
| H, RRB 9-16-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-16C-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-17-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
9-18A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 29, Part 2, Page 736 |
| LVA, RF&P 9-25-63 |
|
NA, CSN
9-26-63 |
| NA,
P 10-2-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
11-1-63 |
|
NA, QMR
11-2-63 |
|
NA, P
11-11-63 |
| NA,
RRB 11-25A-63 |
|
NA, CSN
11-30-63 |
| NA,
P 11-30-63 |
|
NA, QM
12-10B-63 |
|
NA, P
12-24-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-24D-63 |
|
NA, QMR
12-31-63 |
|
NCA, RRB
1-7-64 |
| NA, QM 1-9A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
1-11A-64 |
| NA, QM 1-18-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-18-64 |
|
NA, QMR
1-19D-64 |
| NA,
RRB 1-19-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1104 |
| NA, ENG 1-26-64 |
| NA,
SW 2-4-64 |
|
NA, CS
2-15-64 |
| NA,
P 2-8-64 |
| NA,
RRB 2-24A-64 |
| NA, QM 3-13A-64 |
| LVA, TRED 3-17-64 |
| NP, RD 3-18-64 |
|
NA, QMR
3-26C-64 |
| AR, R&P 4-6-64 |
| AR, R&P 4-7-64 |
|
NA, QMR
4-10A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
4-15A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
4-27H-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 899 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 906 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 906A |
|
NP, RD
5-9B-64 |
|
NA, DNCSV
5-10-64 |
| NP, RD 5-11-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 36, Part 2, Page 1005 |
|
NA, HP
5-15A-64 |
|
NA, HP
5-15B-64 |
|
NA, HP
5-18-64 |
|
NP, WJ
5-19-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 955 |
|
NA, QMR
6-1C-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 987 |
|
NP, CT
6-4A-64 |
| NP, RD 6-4-64 |
|
NA, QMR
6-7A-64 |
| NP, AC 6-9-64 |
|
NA, QMR
6-18-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 51, Part 2, Page 1027 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 2, Page 683A |
| NP, RD 6-25-64 |
| NP, RD 6-27A-64 |
|
NA, P 6-29-64 |
| NA, QM 6-29B-64 |
|
NA, QMR
6-29A-64 |
| NA, QM 6-30-64 |
|
NP, WJ
6-30-64 |
| NA, QM 7-4A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
7-6A-64 |
| NA, QM 7-7-64 |
|
NA, QMR
7-8-64 |
| NP, RD 7-9-64 |
|
NA, QMR
7-11B-64 |
|
NA, QMR
7-12-64 |
| B4, LEE 7-21-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 40, Part 3, Page 793 |
|
NA, QMR
7-30-64 |
|
NA, QMR
8-5A-64 |
| NA, QM 8-20-64 |
| NA,
QM 8-20B-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 42, Part 2, Page 1192 |
| B3, LEE 8-22-64 |
| NP, RD 8-26-64 |
| NP, RD 8-26A-64 |
| NP, RD 8-30A-64 |
|
NA, QM 9-7-64 |
|
VHS,
R&D 9-24-64 |
| NA, QM 9-28-64 |
|
LVA, RRB
9-29-64 |
| NA, QM 9-30-64 |
| NA, QM 10-5-64 |
| NA,
SWR 10-5-64 |
| NA, QM 10-13-64 |
|
NA, QMR
10-20B-64 |
|
NA, RRB
11-15D-64 |
|
NA, QM
11-16A-64 |
|
NA, QMR
11-19B-64 |
|
NA, QM
11-25A-64 |
| NP, RS 12-7-64 |
| NP, AC 12-15-64 |
|
NA, ENGR
12-26-64 |
| NA, QM 1-4-65 |
|
NA, QMR
1-6B-65 |
| NA,
QM 1-12C-65 |
|
NA, QM
1-12D-65 |
|
NA, QMR
1-12D-65 |
| NP, CO 1-16B-65 |
|
WM, RRB
1-26-65 |
|
WM, RRB
1-26A-65 |
| NA,
RRB 1-31-65 |
| NA,
RRB 2-15A-65 |
|
NA, AIG
2-22-65 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 47, Part 2, Page 1426 |
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