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Virginia &
Tennessee |
| The road was chartered in 1849,
construction began in 1850 and was completed in 1856. It was intended to
connect Lynchburg, Virginia to Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee by
connecting to the Tennessee roads at Bristol.
The road was essential to the South. It provided part of the
Chattanooga to Richmond route, allowing the rapid movement of supplies
from the copper mines near Cleveland, Tennessee, the lead mines near
Bristol, the salt works at Saltville, Virginia and saltpeter caves
throughout the region. It also provided the agricultural production from
an area of southwest Virginia that was little touched by the war.
See also: Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Shipments
, Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Eastward
, Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Westward
, and Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Tonnage, Eastbound Food
|
| Black's Number |
14 (map) |
| Track |
224 miles of 5 foot gauge; 206 miles of 60#
T-rail, 5 miles of 56# T-rail, 10 miles of 50# T-rail, and many sidings
of U-rail of unknown weight |
| Locomotives |
39; 40 names |
| Cars |
406 |
| Stations |
38 |
| Officers |
Most |
| Employees |
All |
| Buildings |
1860 |
| Locomotive Usage |
1860-1865 |
| Passengers |
1860 - 1865 |
| Freight |
1860 - 1865 |
| Salt |
1860 - 1865 |
| Tredegar Purchases |
All |
| Significant Documents |
| NP, RD
2-8A-61 |
| NP, AG 2-12-61 |
| NP, RD 2-13A-61 |
| NP, RD
2-19-61 |
| NP, RD
3-2-61 |
| NP, RD
4-4A-61 |
| NP, AG 4-5-61 |
| NP, AG 4-5A-61 |
| NP, RD
4-5A-61 |
| NP, AG 4-8-61 |
| NP, RD 4-16-61 |
| LVA, TRED 5-20-61 |
| NP, RD 5-23-61 |
| NP, RD 5-27-61 |
| NP, RD 5-31-61 |
| NA, QM 6-18C-61 |
| NP, RD
6-24-61 |
| NA, QM 8-8-61 |
| NP, RD
8-12A-61 |
| NP, RD
8-12B-61 |
| NP, RD
8-19A-61 |
| NP, RD 8-20C-61 |
| NP, RD 8-21-61 |
| NP, RD
8-23A-61 |
| NA, QM 9-3-61 |
| NA, QM
9-3B-61 |
| NP, RD 9-9A-61 |
| NP, RD 10-2-61 |
| NA, QM 10-10-61 |
| NP, RD 10-10-61 |
| NP, RD 10-11-61 |
| NP, RD 10-11A-61 |
| NA, QM 10-18-61 |
| LVA, TRED 10-18B-61 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 233 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 234 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 4, Page 235B |
| LVA, TRED 11-13C-61 |
| NP, RD
11-15-61 |
| NP, AP 11-29-61 |
| NP, RD 12-2-61 |
| NP, RD 1-4-62 |
| NP, RD 1-7-62 |
| NP, RD 1-21-62 |
| NP, LN 1-23-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 21, Page 1111 |
| NP, RD 2-8-62 |
| NP, RR 2-15D-62 |
| NP, RD 2-18B-62 |
| NP, WJ 2-24-62 |
| NP, RD 2-24-62 |
| NP, RD 2-26-62 |
| NP, JU 5-24-62 |
| NP, RD 6-7-62 |
| NP, RD 8-16-62 |
| NP, RD 9-15A-62 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 19, Part 2, Page 658A |
| NP, LV 1-1-63 |
| NP, LV 1-1A-63 |
| NP, LV 1-1D-63 |
| NP, RD 2-13A-63 |
| NA, ENG 2-19A-63 |
| NP, RD 2-19-63 |
| NP, RD 3-7-63 |
| VAA, RR 3-13-63 |
| B6, GA 3-24-63 |
| NP, RD 4-11-63 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487 |
| NA, ENG 5-7-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-7A-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-8-63 |
| NA, ENG 5-9-63 |
| NA, ENG 6-13A-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-24-63 |
| NA, ENG 7-24A-63 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 30, Part 4, Page 762 |
| NP, RD 10-19-63 |
| NP, RD 10-19A-63 |
| NP, CC 12-10-63 |
| NA, ENG 12-11-63 |
| NP, RD
12-17-63 |
| NP, RD 12-18-63 |
| NA, QM 12-19-63 |
| NP, RD 12-28-63 |
| NA, ENG 1-5-64 |
| NA, ENG 1-5A-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 2, Page 581 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 33, Page 1105 |
| NP, RD 2-9-64 |
| NP, RD 2-11-64 |
| OR Series 4, Vol. 3, Page 226 |
| NA, ENG 3-18C-64 |
| NP, RD 4-4-64 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 756 |
| OR Series 1, Vol. 32, Part 3, Page 772 |
| B3, LEE 4-16-64 |
| NA, ET&V
5-1-64 |
| NP, RD 6-15-64 |
| NA, ENG
6-21B-64 |
| NA, ENG
7-21D-64 |
| NP, AC 8-2A-64 |
| NP, LV 8-3A-64 |
| NA, QM 8-5A-64 |
| NP, LV 8-11-64 |
| NP, RD 8-26A-64 |
| NP, RD 8-30-64 |
| NP, LV 9-8-64 |
| NP, LV 9-8A-64 |
| NP, RD 9-27-64 |
| NP, LV 10-1-64 |
| NP, LV 10-13-64 |
| NP, LV 10-27-64 |
| NA, QM 11-7A-64 |
| NP, LV 12-7-64 |
| NP, RD 12-10-64 |
| B4, V&T 12-15-64 |
| NP, RCF 12-16-64 |
| NP, LV 12-23-64 |
| NP, LV 12-26-64 |
| NP, RD 1-13-65 |
| NA, V&T 2-7-65 |
| NP, LV 3-8-65 |
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