Colonial Heights, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Electric Railway

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, August 4, 2007

1. Electric Railway Marker

Inscription. Located here was Stop 54 on the electric interurban railway line between Richmond and Petersburg. Opened in 1902 by the Virginia Passenger and Power Co., the line crossed Swift Creek on a steel truss bridge and followed Ashby Avenue to its intersection here with the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. Turning south, the line followed the Boulevard to Stop 66 (Chesterfield Ave.) and crossed the Appomattox River on a trestle. Stone and Webster purchased the line in 1925, renamed it the Virginia Electric and Power Company and replaced the trestle with the Appomattox River Bridge. Electric rail operations ceased on 31 Aug. 1936.

Erected 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number S-35.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 37° 16.748′ N, 77° 24.745′ W. Marker is in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It is on The Boulevard (U.S. 1) half a mile south of Harrowgate Road (Virginia Route 144), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Colonial Heights VA 23834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this

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marker, measured as the crow flies: "Brave to Madness" (approx. ¼ mile away); Battle of Swift Creek (approx. 0.3 miles away); Swift Creek Battlefield: A Landscape of Change (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ellerslie (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Ellerslie (approx. ¾ mile away); Dunlop's Station (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dunlop Station (approx. 0.8 miles away); Redwater Creek Engagement (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colonial Heights.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Union Army Checked (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Additional keywords. VEPCO

Marker along The Boulevard (US1) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dawn Bowen, August 4, 2007

2. Marker along The Boulevard (US1)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,760 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2007, by Dawn Bowen of Fredericksburg, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.