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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO25_first-railroad-in-virginia_Richmond-VA.html
Just south of here are the earthen remains and stone culvert of the Chesterfield Railroad. Chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1829, the company in 1831 constructed the first railroad in Virginia, one of the earliest in the United States…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML32_bethlehem-baptist-church_Bon-Air-VA.html
Formerly Spring Creek Church. Organized, July 25, 1790. Benjamin Watkins, founder and first pastor, 1790-1831. Located four miles northwest, 1790-1855. Then four miles southwest, 1855-1897. Moved to this location, 1897. Home church of Nannie Bland…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV7_old-westham-bridge_Richmond-VA.html
The road ahead once led to a stone and steel bridge that connected the 20th century community of Southampton behind you with the colonial village of Westham on the north shore. Prior to its construction, the closest car link between Henrico and Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIP_chesterfield-railroad_Richmond-VA.html
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 b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCIO_bellona-arsenal_Richmond-VA.html
In 1810 Major John Clarke and noted Richmond lawyer, William Wirt, established a weapons factory for the U.S. War Department on the south bank of the James River five miles north of here. Bellona Arsenal, (named for the Roman goddess of war,) was …
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