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The 'Golden Spike' of Oct. 16, 1881 connected the Peninsula to the world | Our Story

2013-10-16 19:31:57| Paper - Topix.net

A decade after the C&O Railroad completed its Peninsula line in 1881, its eastern terminus at Newport News was a bustling hub of train tracks, grain elevators, coal yards, piers and shipbuilding yards.

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