[C. & O. (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company) piers, Newport News, Virginia] – Historic Print
![[C. & O. (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company) piers, Newport News, Virginia], [between 1907 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/feb61530a57b-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [C. & O. (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company) piers, Newport News, Virginia], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[C. & O. (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company) piers, Newport News, Virginia]
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The name "Pocahontas" painted on the steamboat in the foreground anchors this view of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's waterfront at Newport News, Virginia. The railway's terminus there linked its rail lines to ferries and steamboats on Hampton Roads, moving freight and passengers between trains and water transport. Photographed sometime between 1907 and 1910 by the Detroit Publishing Company, the glass negative shows how the piers and the working boats beside them served a port that was becoming important for coal shipping.
| Created / published | [between 1907 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Pocohontas" on steamboat in foreground. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033815. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Pocohontas (Ferry boat) Railroad facilities. Marine terminals. Ferries.United States--Virginia--Newport News. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-66977 |
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