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Strasburg Junction, Va. B & O and Sourthern R.R., near Strasburg, Va.

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Title

Strasburg Junction, Va. B & O and Sourthern R.R., near Strasburg, Va.

Subject

Railroad-Virginia-Strasburg
Southern Railway (U.S)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Strasburg (Va)
Strasburg Junction (Va)
Landscape Photographs

Description

Color postcard with a picture of the Strasburg Junction located southwest of the town of Strasburg Virginia.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad created the junction when their rail lines met here in 1870. This interchange became an important connector between the east-west and north-south rail lines in the region.

The area also was once home to a sizable industrial community based on limestone quarries adjacent to the rail line.

Creator

C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va.

Source

Herb Parker Postcard Collection

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

1911

Rights

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

Language

English

Identifier

123

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic Postcard

Citation

C.L. Kneisley, Druggist, Strasburg Va., “Strasburg Junction, Va. B & O and Sourthern R.R., near Strasburg, Va. ,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/5035.

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