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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7] [8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion."
Old Dominion Steamship Company, also referred to as the Old Dominion Line, was a major cargo and passenger shipping company founded in 1867 [1] in Norfolk, Virginia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] History
The old line to the Aquia Creek wharf was abandoned on the opening of the Quantico wharf on May 1, 1872. [5] On the other end of the line, the Alexandria and Washington Railroad was chartered on February 27, 1854, to build from the south end of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River south to Alexandria. That line opened in 1857.
Memory Lane is the fifth studio album by American country music band Old Dominion. It was released on October 6, 2023, via Sony Music Nashville 's RCA Nashville imprint. [ 1 ] It was preceded by the release of its title track and " Can't Break Up Now ".
Via being a member of Old Dominion, veteran Nashville performer Brad Tursi could close 2024 as a 15-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association award winner.
I'll then trim it down. So, if anyone has any notable additions/additional sources feel free to contribute but I'd appreciate temporarily permitting some less-notable elements to remain in History at least for the next week or so as I complete revisions. Once History is complete, I'll track down some appropriate references for current operations.
In 1906, the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (GF&OD) began to operate a single-track electric trolley line on a cantilever structure that the railroad had constructed on the bridge's west (upstream) side. [33] In 1912, the GF&OD became the Great Falls Division of the new Washington and Old Dominion Railway. [34]
The 1974 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on September 29, 1974, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power).