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Aquia Landing (now a county park) at the peninsula's foot had become a steamship terminal by 1815. By the 1840s, it had become the terminus of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. During the American Civil War, Aquia Landing changed hands several times, and an estimated 10,000 formerly enslaved people used it to flee north.
Aquia (/ ɑː ˈ k w aɪ ə /) is an unincorporated community in Stafford County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] It is named for Aquia Creek , which leads to the Potomac River . Nearby historic locations include Aquia Church and the remains of Aquia quarry .
1862 US Military Railroad Rebuilding the high bridge across Potomac Creek, Adna Anderson seated center-left and Eben C. Smeed seated center-right. The Potomac Creek Bridge (Potomac Creek Viaduct or Potomac Run Bridge) was first built in 1842 by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad across the Potomac Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, United States.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was chartered on February 25, 1834, [2] to run from Richmond north via Fredericksburg to the Potomac River.It opened from Richmond to Hazel Run in 1836, to Fredericksburg on January 23, 1837, and the rest of the way to the Potomac River at Aquia Creek on September 30, 1842.
Aquia Harbour is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stafford County, Virginia, United States, 13 miles (21 km) north of Fredericksburg. The population was 6,836 at the 2020 census . Aquia Church , erected in 1757 and now a National Historic Landmark , is located west of the community.
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Aquia Creek (/ ɑː ˈ k w aɪ ə /) is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km) [1] tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in Northern Virginia.The creek's headwaters lie in southeastern Fauquier County, and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, 45 miles (72 km) south of Washington, D.C.
Location of Fredericksburg in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...