Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
Short line railroad based in Massie's Mill, Va., originally built, 1914-1916, to haul chesnut timber for the Leftwich Timber Company and the Tye River Timber Company to the Southern Railway. After the chestnut blight ended lumbering the railroad hauled freight for Southern Mineral Products Corporation which manufactured tintanium dioxide pigment, and the Riverton Lime and Stone Company and the International Mineral and Chemical Company both of which mined aplite.
From the description of Records of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway, 1904-1961. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51034954
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Virginia Blue Ridge Railway. Records of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway, 1904-1961. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives. Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad photograph, ca. 1920. | Appalachian State University, ASU |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Bee Tree Lumber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Caskie, James R., | person |
| associatedWith | Cobb, Fordyce, d. 1930, | person |
| associatedWith | Cobb, Howard, d. 1948, | person |
| associatedWith | Fry, T. A, | person |
| associatedWith | Georgia Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Great Western Land Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Haines Lumber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hope Falls Timber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | International Mineral and Chemical Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Jester, J. H., | person |
| associatedWith | Johnson, Charles F., | person |
| associatedWith | Lathrop, Carl M. | person |
| associatedWith | Lathrop, Frank O., | person |
| associatedWith | Leftwich Timber Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Powell, John W., d. 1957, | person |
| associatedWith | Priesch, Morris E., | person |
| associatedWith | Righter, Wilmer H., 1873-1947, | person |
| associatedWith | Riverton Lime and Stone Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Southern Mineral Products Corporation. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Southern Railway (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tidewater Lumber and Veneer Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tye River Timber Company. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Virginia--Nelson County | |||
| Massie's Mill (Va.) | |||
| Virginia | |||
| Georgia | |||
| Honduras | |||
| Nelson County (Va.) |
| Subject |
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| Land use |
| Lumber |
| Lumbering |
| Mineral industries |
| Railroad companies |
| Railroads |
| Railroads |
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Active 1904
Active 1961
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