Alexandria Circuit Court testimony, 1892.

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Alexandria Circuit Court testimony, 1892.

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Court case against the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and the Virginia Midland Railway Company, in which Sarah G. Smith complained that railroads operating on the "Wilkes Street tracks" were destroying her property and disturbing her neighborhood at all hours. Testimony describes the setting in Alexandria through which the trains pass. The area around the block of Saint Asaph, Wolfe, Pitt and Wilkes streets are particularly detailed. References are made to the Wilkes Street tunnel and to local businesses including a dairy, and J.C. Herbert Bryant's fertilizer company. Other conditions such as location of African-American residences, paved or unpaved streets, and quality of buildings are mentioned. Railroad workers living in Alexandria are interviewed.

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Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)

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Alexandria Library. Local History / Special Collections (Alexandria, Va.)

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Richmond and Danville Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1847; main line opened in 1856 from Richmond to Danville, Va. (140 miles); grew through purchase, lease, and other means to 3300 miles of railroad by 1890; controlled by Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company (1886-1894); reorganized as Southern Railway Company in 1894. From the description of Records, 1847-1894. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410076 Stem (Granville Co.), N.C. railroad company. From the ...

Smith, Sarah Gosnell Vowell, 1813-1902,

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Alexandria, Va., resident. From the description of Alexandria Circuit Court testimony, 1892. (Alexandria Library). WorldCat record id: 29991704 ...

Virginia Midland Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1881 from Washington City, Virginia Midland, and Great Southern Railway Company; part of Richmond and Danville system (1881-1894); consolidated with Southern Railway Company (1894-1898); main line ran from Alexandria to Orange, Va., and from Charlottesville to Danville, Va. (203 miles). From the description of Records, 1881-1897. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411913 ...