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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLM0_richmond-locomotive-works_Richmond-VA.html
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This building was once the home of the Richmond Locomotive Works, one of the world's mostfamous steam locomotive builders.
Steam engines powered the industrial revolutionin the United States, and Richmond-made s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZX_the-markel-building_Richmond-VA.html
The Markel Corporation commissioned architect Haig Jamgochian, a Richmond native, to design their headquarters in 1962. The aluminum clad conical structure was inspired by a baked potatto wrapped in foil served to Jamgochian while attending an Ame…
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By 1864, a complex series of fortifications north of Richmond and the James River protected the capital of the Confederacy. The outer line of western defenses crossed the road (then called the Deep Run Turnpike) here. The intermediate defensive li…