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Petersburg Old Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 174 contributing buildings located in the oldest section of Petersburg. It includes a varied collection of late 18th- through 20th-century architecture.
Pamplin Historical Park is a 424-acre private sector historical park located near Petersburg, Virginia.The park preserves open space near Richmond, Virginia in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and serves the dual use of preserving a significant fragment of the Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield, a National Historic Landmark, and key components of the Third Battle of Petersburg.
The Southside Railroad was formed in Virginia in 1846. Construction was begun in 1849 and completed in 1854. [1] [2] The 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [3] railroad connected City Point, a port on the James River with the farm country south and west of Petersburg, Virginia, to Lynchburg, Virginia, a distance of about 132 miles (212 km).
The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central Virginia.
Allied Corp. was a major American company with operations in the chemical, aerospace, automotive, oil and gas industries. It was initially formed in 1920 as the Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation as an amalgamation of five chemical companies. In 1958, it was renamed Allied Chemical Corporation when it diversified into oil and gas exploration.
The Rock Yard located at 414 N. Market Street in Petersburg is open Wednesday and Sunday from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Thursday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Follow The Rock Yard on Facebook and on ...
Petersburg station (also known as Ettrick station) is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University , is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian , Floridian , Northeast Regional , Palmetto , and Silver Meteor .