Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . ecounty seat of Preston county, Virginia, which stands a few milesoff on the same ridge. The tunnel not having been finished in timeto permit the transportation of the iron rails through it, a track waslaid over the top of the hill, at a grade of upwards of five hundredfeet per mile, over which the materials were taken by a locomotiveengine, which propelled a single car at
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . ecounty seat of Preston county, Virginia, which stands a few milesoff on the same ridge. The tunnel not having been finished in timeto permit the transportation of the iron rails through it, a track waslaid over the top of the hill, at a grade of upwards of five hundredfeet per mile, over which the materials were taken by a locomotiveengine, which propelled a single car at a time, weighing with itsload thirteen tons, at a speed of ten miles per hour and the track was rendered slippery, however, by moisture, theengine and its load occasionally slid backward, and more than once 444 NEW YORK SUBSCRIBERS. E. R. DUHKEE, PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER OF ^^p^^^^ TK^^^^ ^^I^^Tfc •?wi»«3pi» ^^^^^^^B mm IW OR BAKING POWDER, AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS. WHOLESALE DEALER IN mm mm m^ mmi%^ ^mmHf, SAl SODA, CBEAM MTAB, SUPER CABBOXATE OF SODA, REFINED PEARLASH, SALERATUS, AND ARTICLES OP DRUGS USUALLY SOLD BY GROCERS. Offices, 137 & 139 T^ater Street, am® i^^;a THOMAS H. BATE.
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