“Brighthope Railway”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

In 1886, Randolph Harrison, of the Virginia department of Agriculture, cited Cumberland Mining Company, stating that the United States had purchased stock in the Brighthope Railway. He continued by citing their assertion that extending the railway into Cumberland would increase the value of farms there because they could sell consumer agricultural products such as fruit, dairy and vegetables to all markets of Virginia.^[2]

The Brighthope Railway was founded in 1877 by the creditors of the Clover Hill Railroad who bought that railroad when the Clover Hill Railroad went bankrupt. The Brighthope Railway continued in the role of the Clover Hill Railroad, hauling coal from the Clover Hill Pits at Winterpock, Virginia. In addition to coal, the Bright Hope Railway transported timber and agricultural products and had passenger service.^[3] The Bright Hope Railway was narrowed from standard gauge to narrow gauge and rerouted in 1881. In 1886, much of the southern rails we changed to standard gauge. The Brighthope Railway was not changed back.^[4]

In 1889 the Bright Hope Railway was sold in foreclosure for $200,000 to the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad,^[5] which became the main line of the Tidewater and Western Railroad. The line survived until 1917 when it was pulled up and sent to France for the World War I effort.^[5]^[6]

Stations

The Brighthope Railway was a standard gauge railway to Osborne Landing when it was created. In 1881, sand and silt from the Dutch Gap Canal made the Osborne Landing dock unreachable by boat.^[7] The Railway was narrowed to narrow gauge and routed to Bermuda Hundred, the newer docks could harbor coastal colliers. It was lengthened four miles at the western end to reach the Appomattox at Epps Falls in the Piedmont.^[5] The Railway has a bridge over the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad and the Swift Creek Rail Bridge.

Brighthope rail cars

in 1883, the Brighthope Railway had four steam locomotives, two passenger cars and 144 freight cars. Railroad engineers included Edwin B., Cheatham; fireman Jerry Mack and conductor Luther Puckett.^[11]

Modern pathway

Following the path of the old railroad today travels down Virginia State Route 10 from Bermuda Hundred on the north side of the Appomattox River and then east on Carver Heights Drive, Chester, through a landfill and housing complex, next to Bright Hope Road then along Beach Road then South on Coalboro Rd.

Location

References

1. ^¹{{cite book|author=Virginia. State Corporation Commission|title=Annual Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5I6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA747|year=1915|pages=747}}
2. ^{{cite book|author1=Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture|author2=Randolph Harrison|title=Hand-book of Virginia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65|year=1886|publisher=Johns & Company, Book and Job Printers|pages=65–66}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.chesterfieldhistory.com/PDF/Messenger/messenger%20July%202014%20small.pdf|title=Historic Beach Station National Register of Historic Places Virginia Historic Landmark Chesterfield County Historic Landmark|author=| date=July 2014|publisher=The Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia}}
4. ^Southern Railfan, The Days They Changed the Gauge
5. ^¹²³{{cite book|author=George Woodman Hilton|title=American Narrow Gauge Railroads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7POj8GvF4sIC&pg=PA543|year=1990|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-1731-1|pages=543–}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=The Southeastern Reporter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAf5N9NltHcC&pg=PA555|year=1903|publisher=West Publishing Company|pages=555–}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Virginia. State Corporation Commission|title=Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia: Compilations from Returns of Railroads, Canals, Electric Railways and Other Corporate Companies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdEnAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA973|year=1917|publisher=J.H. O'Bannon, Superintendent of Public Printing|pages=973–}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Moving Forward…The Comprehensive Plan For Chesterfield County,CHAPTER 8: HISTORICAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES|url=http://www.chesterfield.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8589944296|publisher=Chesterfield, Virginia|accessdate=19 April 2016|archivedate=2016-04-13|page=55|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413042643/http://www.chesterfield.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=8589944296|df=}}
10. ^{{cite book|author=James Macfarlane|title=An American Geological Railway Guide, Giving the Geological Formation at Every Railway Station, with Altitudes Above Mean Tide-water, Notes on Interesting Places on the Routes, and a Description of Each of the Formations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pgRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|year=1890|publisher=D. Appleton|pages=359–}}
11. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Railroad Provided Lifeline to Old Winterpock 'Boomtown' |url= |newspaper=The Amelia Bulletin Monitor |location=Amelia County, Virginia |date=June 19, 1986}}