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Railroad

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:

Roy Jay Holden, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-023
Abstract

Roy Jay Holden, Jr. (1921-1989) was an authority on the handling of hazardous materials, working for the American Car and Foundry Industries (1947-1970) and the Bureau of Explosives of the Association of American Railroads (1980-1989). The collection documents his career in railroad tank car design and the handling of hazardous materials.

Dates: 1947 - 1989
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Roy Jay Holden, Jr., Papers

Robert E. Hord, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-058
Abstract This collection consists primarily of correspondence written by Robert Hord, Jr., of Richmond, Virginia, to his parents, Gladys and Robert Hord, Sr. It also includes a scrapbook and photographs of the Hord family.Robert Hord, Jr., was born in 1920; he attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Engineering Extension school in Richmond from 1937 to 1939. In April 1942, Hord enlisted in the Army where he served in the 302nd Ordinance Regiment before being transferred to the...
Dates: 1942-1945, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Robert E. Hord, Jr., Papers

Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0048
Abstract

Facsimile of original in Virginia State Library. Marked as "No. 9" in an unidentified series. Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras.

Dates: 1875
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-056
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).

Dates: 1912 - 1937
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs

Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1994-003
Scope and Contents Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway...
Dates: c.1900-1925, 1994
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape

Map of Pocahontas Coal Fields

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0363
Abstract

Map shows Pocahontas Coal Field, with index of mines and their owners. Map is bordered by images of the mines listed on the map.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Map of Pocahontas Coal Fields

Map of Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0203
Abstract

Map shows land in Pulaski, Virginia, owned by The Pulaski Land Co. and The Iron Belt Land, Mining, and Development Company. It contains an illustration in the upper left.

Dates: 1884
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Map of Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia

Map of Roanoke County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0188
Abstract

Full title reads, "Map of Roanoke County, Virginia, compiled from actual surveys, land maps, and data furnished by the Appalachia Electric Power Co., Virginia State Highway Dept., Norfolk & Western R. R., Virginian Railway" Map contains table of distances, statistics of Roanoke City, Salem, Vinton, and Roanoke County, historical origin of the city, and legend.

Dates: 1942
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Map of Roanoke County, Virginia

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract

Map is rather bare, showing transportation in the form of railroads (both complete and in-progress), stage routes, and canal routes, and geographic features such as rivers and mountains. It shows towns that are connected by the routes, but little more.

Dates: circa 1890
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

Map of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Connecting Chesapeake Bay with Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and Their Tributary Streams

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0373
Abstract

Undated map shows the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, identifying locks and tributaries. Map also contains some hand-written annotations.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Map of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Connecting Chesapeake Bay with Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and Their Tributary Streams

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