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Dinky Railroad Excursion Train

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Title

Dinky Railroad Excursion Train

Subject

Liberty Furnace (Va)
Railroads - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County (Va)

Description

Scan of a glass plate negatives showing individuals aboard a train.

The train is identified as the one which carried ore and other materials along the narrow-gauge railroad connecting Liberty Iron Furnace with Edinburg Virginia. This line was commonly called the “Dinky Railroad” among locals.

This image was most likely taken of a April 18, 1904 excursion to the furnace sponsored by the Monarch Iron Company who had recently purchased the furnace.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Allan Howt Digital Collection

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

April 18, 1904

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Plate Negative

Citation

Unknown, “Dinky Railroad Excursion Train,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/8423.

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