Description: The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad, Virginia, Transportation, Paperback 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 In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called "dangerous ground."
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467118934
Book Title: Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Mary E. Lyons
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Railroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
