Virginia & Tennessee RR - 1874 Map

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AB
Interesting. One of only a few created/issued maps with the AM&O labeling.
C
In Lynchburg(h) as shown on the map!

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 12:17 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I am a sucker for old railroad maps, so this 1874 Asher & Adams map of
> Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington City, showing railroads, set
> off my Tilt Light.
>
> The attached PDF file consists of six images lifted from the map, covering
> the Virginia & Tennessee RR et al,  between Bristol and Norfolk, all edited
> in Photoshop and compiled into one complete image, with bibliography.
>
> Before someone throttles me and tells me the Virginia & Tennessee RR did
> not go to Norfolk, please look up the meaning of et al (or its complete
> form, et alia.)  That should be the end of the throttling.
>
> For those who may not be able to download PDF's from the N&W List, I have
> put the map up on Mr. Googlemann's Drive, and you may get it at this linked
> location:
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgm0ce7yb97rm6H9a3u7rBriHOBDQqNQ/view?usp=share_link
>
> Some things I found of interest:
>
> 1.  Communities Goodsen and Montgomery (sic) are shown on the railroad
> between Bristol and Abingdon.
>
> 2.  What we know as Grubb is shown as Grubles.  Is that the original name?
>
> 3.  Kent (between Wytheville and Max Meadows) is shown as Kent's Mills.
>
> 4.  The hamlet of LaFayette, east of Big Spring (now Elliston) is shown.
> Wonder if the railroad had any facility there?
>
> 5.  Gish's Mill (Vinton.)
>
> 6.  Lisbon, east of Buford.
>
> 7.  Tuggle is shown as Tuggle's Tank.  (Someone should make a master list
> of all water tanks on the N&W ! )
>
> 8.  Tuckers is shown East of Suffolk.
>
> Col. Jim Blackstock says he stands ready to answer any and all questions
> about the old names and locations, and you may call him at his Smith
> Mountain Lake yacht  anchorage at any hour of the day or night for
> coaching.
>
> -- abram burnett
> Presidential Center for Diplomacy and Global Turnip Engagement
>
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