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 . FIRST PREMIUM AWARDED FOR NEAR NASSAU STREET, ^v GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 445 ran in this way, with locked wheels, nearly half a mile down to thebottom of the grade—without damage however. This, we believe, isthe most extraordinary display of locomotive steam power on record. Leaving Kingwood Tunnel, the line for five miles descends alonga steep hill-side to the flats of Rac
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 . FIRST PREMIUM AWARDED FOR NEAR NASSAU STREET, ^v GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 445 ran in this way, with locked wheels, nearly half a mile down to thebottom of the grade—without damage however. This, we believe, isthe most extraordinary display of locomotive steam power on record. Leaving Kingwood Tunnel, the line for five miles descends alonga steep hill-side to the flats of Raccoon Creek, at Simpsons. Inthis distance, it lies high above the valley, and crosses a branch ofit with an embankment one hundred feet in elevation. There aretwo other heavy fills further on. Two miles west of the KingwoodTunnel, is Murrays Tunnel, two hundred and fifty feet long, a regu-lar and beautiful semi-circular arch cut out of a fine solid sand-stonerock, overlaying a vein of coal six feet thick, which is seen on thefloor of the tunnel. From Simpsons, westward, the route pursues the valleys of Rac-coon and Three Forks Creeks, which present no features of diffi-culty to the mouth of the latter, one hundred a
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