Chesterfield Railroad

Chesterfield Railroad (HMCIP)

Location: Richmond, VA 23235
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 30.371', W 77° 34.8'

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In 1829 the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Chesterfield Rail Road Company, which built the first railroad in Virginia. Moncure Robinson (1802-1891), a railroad pioneer, designed the track, which once passed by here. In 1831, the company began hauling coal 13 miles from the Midlothian mines to the Manchester wharves on the James River. Horses and mules towed the loaded cars on some sections. Gravity propelled them on down hill grades and in one area the weight of the cars tugged the empty ones (connected to the full ones by ropes and drums) back toward the mines. This railroad functioned until 1851, when the locomotive-operated Richmond & Danville Railroad provided service to Chesterfield.
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Marker NumberO 64
Year Placed2002
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 5:15pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 271952 N 4154154
Decimal Degrees37.50618333, -77.58000000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 30.371', W 77° 34.8'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 30' 22.26" N, 77° 34' 48.00" W
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Area Code(s)804, 703
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 10010 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond VA 23235, US
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