Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860) - Virginiahistoryseries.org
Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860) - Virginiahistoryseries.org
Railroad Building in Virginia (1827 to 1860) - Virginiahistoryseries.org
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In 1858, the state-built Blue<br />
Ridge <strong>Railroad</strong> was<br />
completed <strong>to</strong> connect the<br />
Piedmont and Shenandoah<br />
Valley regions of VA by<br />
go<strong>in</strong>g thru the Blue Ridge<br />
mounta<strong>in</strong>s at Rockfish Gap<br />
near Af<strong>to</strong>n Mounta<strong>in</strong>. The<br />
cross<strong>in</strong>g was made with<br />
four tunnels, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
4,263-foot “Blue Ridge<br />
Tunnel” at the <strong>to</strong>p of the<br />
pass (then one of the<br />
longest tunnels <strong>in</strong> the<br />
world.)<br />
This RR became part of the<br />
Virg<strong>in</strong>ia Central RR upon<br />
completion of the tunnels.
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