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Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Becomes Norfolk and Western
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The Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio RR (formerly the Norfolk and Petersburg) was sold in 1881, outbidding its owner, General Mahone, and re-organized as Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. Robert W. Lamb, in his history of Norfolk (Our Twin Cities..., p.57), describes the work on the N&W terminus along Newton’s Creek:
“The new organization of our friend under the title of the Norfolk and Western Railroad soon gave evidence of the regard in which it held its eastern terminus, whose name it bore, for speedy steps were taken to improve the stations, grounds and depot at this point, and in 12 months the handsome Queen Anne passenger depot and extensive sheds adjoining for offices which now adorn that portion of the city had replaced the old forlorn structures. The improvements to the wharf front were completed as rapidly as possible until an unbroken line of nearly one-third of a mile was obtained, with ample depth of water, where domestic and foreign freight steamers can be unloaded at will. Large storehouses were immediately erected and others projected to be built as rapidly as business demanded.”
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