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'Is Two over one Railroad Fare?' (Sixteenth and Dock), Richmond, Va.

Card Text (transcribed from postcard): This unique photograph presents to view the only point in the world where three trunk line trains cross each other at the same time, and over their separate tracks. At the top is shown a passenger train of the C. & O. Railway leaving Richmond for the upper James River Valley just beneath it a train of the S.A.L. Railway leaving the Main Street (Union) Deport for the South, and on the ground a train of the Southern Railway coming into Richmond from West Point on the York River.

 

Manufacturer: Southern Bargain House, Richmond, Va.

 

Date Postmarked: 1919

 

Rights: This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

 

Reference URL: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/postcard/181

 

Collection: Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards

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