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Piers East of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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From the reports of the various Army Corps of Engineers’ district officers having charge of river and harbor improvements, Congressional Committee on Rivers and Harbors, 1913, p.609:
"The next wharf is that of the Southern Railroad Co., of the same character as that of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. just mentioned. This wharf is used by the Chesapeake Steamship Line (New Bay Line to Baltimore). The Southern Railroad Co.’s warehouse has a siding connected with the Norfolk & Western Railway, but this track is practically unused, any connection between the railway companies being made by means of a belt line railway. All the freight at both of the last-mentioned railway companies’ docks is handled by hand trucks.
The next wharf or dock is that of Norfolk Southern Railroad Co., which has no rail connection, the freight being handled by hand trucks. As with the other two railway companies just mentioned, the freight cars are brought over on barges, are unloaded and reloaded while standing on the barges.
The next wharf is now unused and is in bad condition; and then comes a small wharf about three times a week by a small freight boat running to Petersburg, Va."
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