C. & O. terminal piers, Newport News, Va. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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C. & O. terminal piers, Newport News, Va.
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Long wooden and iron piers jutting into the James River mark the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's terminal at Newport News, Virginia, in this view from about 1905. The railway used the site to move coal from its western mines to ships, making the waterfront one of the busiest coal-shipping points on the East Coast. The picture comes from a glass negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its large catalog of American scenes, and it shows how heavily the railroad and shipping facilities depended on one another at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30307. 5 photo" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--Buildings. Marine terminals. Cargo ships. Railroad facilities.United States--Virginia--Newport News. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-61892 |
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