Logbooks : of the Virginia (Steamer), 1921 July - 1949 March 16.

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Logbooks : of the Virginia (Steamer), 1921 July - 1949 March 16.

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This steamboat traveled back and forth from Newport News to Norfolk and also from Norfolk to Portsmouth and back on a daily basis. Included is the engineers' timebook (July 1921 - September 1924) and engineer's logbooks of work done and stores received (4 November 1923 - 21 November 1929, 23 November 1929 - 4 June 1934, 5 June 1941 - 24 June 1946, and 24 June 1946 - 16 March 1949). Names of crew members who did the actual repairs are sometimes listed.

5 v. : in pencil and ink.

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Virginia (Steamboat)

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The Virginia was built in 1902 by the William R. Trigg Company in Richmond, Virginia. It 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), 1921 July - 1949 March 16. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 29866829 ...

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 ...