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Following the fall of Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861, during the opening months of the American Civil War, the Hanover Junction Railroad Station became a key transportation hub for the movement of Union Army soldiers from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Maryland, Washington, D.C. and other areas in the southern United States where federal troops were stationed to protect cities, towns, and ...
The Hanover Junction Railroad Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] Hanover Junction was restored to its American Civil War-era appearance in 2003 and reopened as a museum. Four Civil War cannons commemorate the region's participation in the Gettysburg Campaign.
November 8, 1988 (On the CSX railroad tracks at the junction of Beaver Dam and Beaverdam School Rds.: Beaverdam: 4: Berkleytown Historic District: September 20, 2022 (Bounded by the CSX Railroad, Archie Cannon Dr., US 1/North Washington Hwy., and Smith St.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
The railroad was extended from Gettysburg west to Marsh Creek in 1884 and to Orrtanna in 1885. In 1886 the company merged with the Baltimore and Hanover Railroad and the Bachman Valley Railroad to form the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway. This new company was controlled by the Western Maryland Railway, and the WM bought the company in 1917 ...
South Hill Model Railroad Museum: South Hill: Mecklenburg: Southern: Toy: Located in restored South Hill Depot, HO model trains and local train information; location also houses the Virginia S. Evans Doll Museum [45] Southwest Virginia Museum: Big Stone Gap: Wise: Heart of Appalachia: Local history: History, culture and industry of Southwest ...
The exhibit opened on Nov. 24 and will run until New Year's Eve at the Greater Hanover Area Fire Museum. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.Originally called Hanover Junction, it was located on the Virginia Central Railroad (later, part of the C&O) at a crossing of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a north–south route.