Description: The Alberene RailroadIn December 1895, the Virginia general assembly passed an act to incorporate the Alberene Railroad. Finally, a plan was coalescing to build a railroad to easily move supplies and materials into Alberene. Significantly, the ability to move raw soapstone blocks and finished goods from the Albemarle Soapstone Company to their markets would dramatically improve. There had been serious plans to connect a railroad line between the company and the Virginia Midland Railroad (before being joined as part of the Southern Railway) junction at North Garden, Virginia, but the issue of how to cross the Fan Mountains that lay between the mill and the junction had stymied the plans progression. The ACT to incorporate Alberene railroad company provided that the new company “…build, construct, equip, and operate a railroad, either standard or narrow gauge, from Alberene post-office, in the county of Albemarle, to any point on the Southern railway company in the said county of Albemarle where the said Alberene railroad company may be able to make, by agreement, most suitable connections with the said Southern railway company…” which followed the basic understanding that the Albemarle Soapstone Company had for years worked to effect – a connection with the Southern Railway at North Garden where they had always transported goods to the outside world. Logically, the ACT to incorporate provided the continuity of continued use of the Southern Railway. But the ACT also included a provision to allow the railroad to connect “…from the Alberene post-office to any point on the southern boundary of Albemarle County…” which recognized the sale of the Kanawha Canal properties along the James River to the Richmond & Alleghany Railroad. Now, a new route to transport soapstone emerged with no mountains to scale.Shipping can be combined on more than one item.
Price: 14.95 USD
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
End Time: 2024-12-01T15:04:45.000Z
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