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By Bernard Fisher, May 9, 2009
Emporia Train Depot
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Emporia — UM-44 — Emporia Railroad History —  |
| The Petersburg Railroad was constructed in the early 1830s between Petersburg, Virginia and Weldon, North Carolina, through the towns of Belfield and Hicksford (present-day Emporia). It is considered the first railroad in the South built in a . . . — — Map (db m18866) HM | |||
| 2 ► North Carolina, Halifax County, Weldon — E-23 — Wilmington and Weldon Railroad — |
| Longest railroad in the world when completed in 1840. Length 161 1/2 mi. Terminus was nearby. — — Map (db m222013) HM | |||