Download or read book Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad The written by Mary E. Lyons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, faced challenges that seemed almost insurmountable. Many were killed by explosions and falling rock. Those deaths often resulted in labor strikes. The unrest slowed progress and haunted chief engineer Claudius Crozet for seven years. In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called "dangerous ground."
Download or read book The Blue Ridge Tunnel written by Mary E. Lyons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations
Download or read book Blue Ridge Railroad written by Claudius Crozet and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad written by Mary E. Lyons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, faced challenges that seemed almost insurmountable. Many were killed by explosions and falling rock. Those deaths often resulted in labor strikes. The unrest slowed progress and haunted chief engineer Claudius Crozet for seven years. In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called "dangerous ground."
Download or read book The Mountain Top Track written by Charles Ellet and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Slave Labor on Virginia s Blue Ridge Railroad written by Mary E. Lyons and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virginians from local slaveholders, including four connected with nearby University of Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel and Blue Ridge Railroad historian Mary E. Lyons explored hundreds of primary documents to write the first nonfiction book about slave labor on a specific antebellum railroad. She shares hundreds of enslaved people's names, traces where they toiled along the line and describes their backbreaking--and sometimes fatal--tasks.
Download or read book Steam Days on the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway written by John J. Hilton and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains Cold Mountain Black Mountain and White Top written by Thomas T. Fetters and published by Timbertimes Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communication from the Board of Public Works Relative to the Blue Ridge Tunnel written by Blue Ridge Railroad Company (Virginia) and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virginia Rail Trails written by Joe Tennis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of Virginia's scenic rail trails with author Joe Tennis as he explores restored train stations, discovers a railroad's lost island graveyard and crosses the commonwealth on its idyllic paths. These classic rail lines of Virgina that were once only accessible to train engineers or a few lucky passengers can now be enjoyed by anyone looking for a scenic hike or bike ride. The trails highlight the natural beauty of Old Dominion, from the sunrise side of the Eastern Shore to the setting sun at the Cumberland gap, and each trail, with names like the "Virginia Creeper" and the "Dick & Willie," has a personality and grandeur all its own.
Download or read book Blue Ridge Railroad written by Blue Ridge Railroad Company (Virginia) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Route Resorts and Resources of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Virginia and West Virginia written by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Blue Ridge Railroad written by Blue Ridge Railroad Company (Va.) and published by . This book was released on 1850* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Excursion Guide of the Virginia Midland Railway written by Virginia Midland Railway and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Download or read book Beyond the Timber Boom written by Arthur Patrick Striker and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chesapeake Ohio Railway Directory Containing an Illustrated History and Description of the Road written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
