Logbooks : of the Virginia (Steamer), 1943 November 19-1947 February 14.

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Logbooks : of the Virginia (Steamer), 1943 November 19-1947 February 14.

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This steamer traveled back and forth from Newport News to Norfolk and also from Norfolk to Portsmouth and back on a daily basis. Included are the logbook (5 August 1946 - 14 February 1947) and engineer's bell books (19 November 1943 - 24 August 1944, and 24 August 1944 - 10 June 1945). These logbooks contain information on the trips including travel date and time, direction and speed of the vessel, equipment checks/drills, and weather conditions.

3 v. : in pencil and ink.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7278744

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Virginia (Steamboat)

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This vessel was build in 1902 by the William R. Trigg Company in Richmond, Virginia. The Virginia was a twin screw propelled passenger steamer fueled by coal and owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Newport News was its port of registry. From the description of Logbooks : of the Virginia (Steamer), 1943 November 19-1947 February 14. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 29866823 ...

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...