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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9S_u-s-railway-post-office-car_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Government regulations required Railway Post Office cars in 1910. The RF&P owned five. American Car & Foundry built this one in 1916. Some of the first steel cars were postal cars. They were important revenue sources for the railroad. The eliminat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9R_steel-coach_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation built this all-steel coach in 1923. This coach was later modernized and included features such as air conditioning, double-glazed metal windows, cable curtains, and rotating reclining seats with adjustable he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9Q_richmond-fredericksburg-potomac-railroad-company_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (RF&P) ran from Richmond to Washington, D.C. With only 113 miles of track, it was one of the shortest in the nation but it was the link between the North and the South. Train service existed 157 year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI08_coal-pit-school_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The African-American school most likely took its name from the nearby Springfield Coal Pits. The one room school established about 1905 was once supervised by Virginia Estelle Randolph, the eminent black educator. It had forty-six students by 1913…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI07_echo-lake_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Echo Lake was formed in the mid-19th century from Meredith Branch a 3.5-mile between Broad Street and the Chickahominy Swamp. During the late 1800s, the lake powered a flour mill. Echo Lake earned its name because you could hear your voice echo wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZN_bethlehem-baptist-church_Henrico-VA.html
In 1828, nine people organized a Sunday school in a log schoolhouse, five miles from the Richmond City limits. Students from the Virginia Baptist Seminary, now the University of Richmond, helped it become the Bethlehem Baptist Church. The church r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUO_caboose_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The first Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) cabooses were wooden construction built as early as 1904. Over the years, they were modified to keep them in service or sold.
The RF&P purchased its first modern, all steel caboose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUN_box-car_Glen-Allen-VA.html
In the early years of operation, RF&P railroads derived little revenue from its freight service. Most goods were transported by river and then by wagon.
After the Civil War, the railroad was joined with others to form a national system. Freigh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUH_virginia-estelle-randolph_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The daughter of parents born in slavery, Virginia Randolph (1874-1958) taught in a one-room schoolhouse beginning in 1892. A gifted teacher, she became in 1908 the nation's first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a position sponsored by the A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUG_american-legion-post-244_Glen-Allen-VA.html
World War I and II veterans organized the Glen Allen American Legion Post 244 in 1946. Sheppard Crump, a member of the First Caucus of the American Legion and later the Adjutant General of Virginia was the first Commander. Dr. Alexander McLeod, Wo…