Posted on 02/20/2010 6:09:58 AM PST by jay1949
The Blue Ridge Railroad was chartered and funded by the Virginia General Assembly in 1849 in order to build a rail link between the Piedmont and the Shenandoah Valley. After rejecting a route across Swift Run Gap, the state turned to French-born engineer Claudius Crozet, one of the founders and the first Commandant of the Virginia Military Institute, determined that a series of four tunnels could be built at reasonable expense at Rockfish Gap. [archival images.]
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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains --William Penn
I’ve often been curious when reading your postings if this area of the country is where you got your user name from?
I confess that my username is my familiar name, Jay, plus the year of my birth. Makes it easy to remember.
Actually, I’m from a lot further west in far Southwest Virginia,in the Big Sandy River Valley running along the Kentucky border. It’s about 4 hours west of Blacksburg.
LOL, whenever I see your name, it evokes an image of the panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains . .. . and then, lol, I read your posting.
Thanks for clarifying.
I now live in south central Pennsylvania because of job though.
That is a wonderful map, thank you for sharing it.
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