The Struggle of Giants; 2016
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0462
- Title
- The Struggle of Giants; 2016
- Description
- Thomas Ledford's paper discusses the end of the James River and Kanawha Canal and how it was transformed into a steam railroad right of way that operates today as the CSX Corporation. During Washington and Jefferson’s era the need for western expansion to improve the economy became evident. The two giants of that era were canals and railroads. Ledford explains why the canals eventually lost the “struggle between giants.”
- Date
- 21 January 2016
- Creator
- Ledford, Thomas G.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Thomas G. Ledford
- Ledford
- 2016
- James River Company
- Balcony Falls
- Erie Canal project
- Claudius Crozet
- Joseph Carrington Cabell
- Petersburg Railroad
- Lynchburg and New River Railroad
- Virginia and Tennessee
- Louisa Railroad
- Orange and Alexandria
- N.C.R.R.
- William Mahone
- South Side Railroad
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
- Richmond and Alleghany Railway Company
- James River Batteau Festival
- Chessie System
- CSX
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Thomas G. Ledford
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