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Railroad

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

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

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract

Map shows 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

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.

Map of the "Old" Augusta Co. Fair Grounds at Staunton, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0106
Abstract

Map is in blue-scale, showing the "Old" Augusta County Fairgrounds, containing 27.13 acres.

Dates: 1875

Map of the Twelve-Pole and Part of the Guyandot Basins, Showing the location of Coal, Oil, Gas, Iron and Timber Lands, In Wayne, Cabell, Lincoln, and Logan Counties, West Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0362
Abstract

Map shows land owned by the Guyandot Coal Land Association in the Guyandot basin, in West Virginia. It displays some railroads and openings in coal beds.

Dates: March 1, 1891

Map Showing Industries Along the Miami and Erie Canal

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0382
Abstract

Map shows businesses and industries along the Miami and Erie Canal. It does not identify specific cities and towns, though it does dhow street names.

Dates: ca. 1874

Map Showing the Position of the Morris Estates, Western Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0029
Abstract Map shows railroads between various locations in the southern United States, in the areas encompassed by the Mississippi River and Atlantic, from Charleston (South Carolina) to Chicago. The Morris Estates, highlighted in color on this map. No creator name appears on the map, though T. W. Tarbet may be a publisher. Additionally, the titular "Morris" has no identification apart from the geographic situatedness near Oceana, West Virginia. Map contains some specific numbers about the estates,...
Dates: 1882

Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-035
Abstract

The collection contains three stock certificates issued by the Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company to John H. Cresson.

Dates: 1833 - 1836

Named/Individual Photograph Collections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-002
Abstract

The Named/Individual Photograph Collections include images from alumni and former faculty and staff, or individuals with ties to campus and the New River Valley. Collections (c.1890-present) depict campus life and events, railroad history, agricultural extension research, Blacksburg and surrounding areas, and some local families.

Dates: 1890s-present

New England Press Association Photograph Album

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1991_024_NewEnglandPress_Photographs