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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPN_virginia-central-railway-trail_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Along the VCR
In 1853, a group of investors incorporated and began to grade a railway route from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House, 37 miles to the west. In Orange, this new railway would connect with a rail line to Gordonsville, Charlottesvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPM_building-a-railroad-through-a-stream-valley_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In the 1850s, work gangs leveled this railway bed by cutting through hills and filling in valleys. They established culverts where the mounded earth would have otherwise blocked streams. To construct such facilities, they first laid do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPL_the-walker-landram-house_Fredericksburg-VA.html
To your left front is a ravine that leads up from Hazel Run to what was once the 230-acre farmstead of Walker Landram. In 1854, he had sold 6.5 acres on the southern edge of his farm to the railway company, where you are now standing. When the Civ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPJ_the-railway-with-tracks-and-without_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In 1877, the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Rail Road began operations, with narrow gauge tracks connecting to established railways running through Fredericksburg and Orange. A series of companies tried to make this railroad profitable, inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPI_virginia-central-railway-trail_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Along the VCR
In 1853, a group of investors incorporated and began to grade a railway route from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House, 37 miles to the west. In Orange, this new railway would connect with a rail line to Gordonsville, Charlottesvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPH_reestablishing-a-travel-way_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The many culverts along this railway were established during its construction, before the Civil War. Where the land is little altered, these drainage features remain intact and functional. Stormwater flowing off of new roads, rooftops, and parking…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPE_the-rappahannock-river-runs-free-once-more_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The breaching of the Embrey Dam has allowed the unobstructed migration of fish upstream to their natural spawning grounds. The dam's demolition has also improved the habitats of a wide variety of wildlife on the Rappahannock River. It also provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPD_falls-of-the-rappahannock-river_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Rappahanock River tumbles out of the Virginia Piedmont and drops 25 feet over a distance of one mile. For more than two centuries, industries in this transitional zone used this natural energy. Early settlers brought their corn and wheat to wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SPB_rappahannock-river-heritage-trail_Fredericksburg-VA.html
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Fredericksburg's Lower Canal
The falls of the Rappahannock River powered local industries for more than two centuries. Francis Thornton established the first grist mill around 1720. By 1770, James Hunter operated an iron forge complex i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SP9_a-diversion-second-battle-of-fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On May 3, 1863, Brigadier General John Gibbon advanced his division into this area in support of Federal attacks on Marye's Heights. Union troops rushed forward to cross this canal and assault the hills in front of you, but the Confederates had re…