The Va Midland -Southern route James River, another map

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All,here is cut from an 1892 map (1890 survey) of the Lynchburg area.

Charlie Long
Lynchburg, Va

Moderator:
http://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2017/20170705.Lynchburg%20USGS%201890-1892map%20cut.jpg


On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 1:31 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> Here’s a nice photo showing both Southern Ry bridges over the James. The
> new bridge is top center.
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> Lots of other interesting things to view in this photo including what’s
> left of the original V&T depot located immediately west of the freight
> station (note one tower of the original two remains). The V&T RR roundhouse
> and machine shop stood in the triangle plot of land where Union Station is
> located.
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> John Garner  Newport VA
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> Moderator:
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> https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns5729
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> *From:* NW Mailing List [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 4, 2017 9:39 PM
> *To:* NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Where was the "other" depot down along the James River?
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> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 2:45 PM,
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> ​Evan
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> Where was the original Southern bridge at that crossed the James River?  I
> haven't found a map yet that tells me where the original bridge was at.
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> See http://www.brucebharper.info/nwrwy/Lynchburg/index.html for a 1927
> map of Lynchburg that shows the river crossing Daniels Island. The Google
> satellite view of that area around Daniels Island shows the piers in the
> river, as this view shows.
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> Bruce in Blacksburg
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> Moderator:
> http://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2017/20170704.Lynchburg%20-%
> 20Google%20Maps.pdf
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