RAILROAD PATCH - Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 4\" for Sale

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RAILROAD PATCH - Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 4\" For Sale

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RAILROAD PATCH - Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 4\":
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (reporting marks C&O, CO) was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia\'s capital city of Richmond to the Ohio River by 1873, where the railroad town (and later city) of Huntington, West Virginia was named for him.
Tapping the coal reserves of West Virginia, the C&O\'s Peninsula Extension to new coal piers on the harbor of Hampton Roads resulted in the creation of the new City of Newport News. Coal revenues also led the forging of a rail link to the Midwest, eventually reaching Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo in Ohio and Chicago, Illinois.
Size: 4 \" round100% Embroidered PVC Sealed Backing
The development of railroads was one of the most important phenomena of the Industrial Revolution. We celebrate that with our patch collectionWith their formation, construction and operation, they brought profound social, economic and political change to a country only 50 years old. Over the next 50 years, America would come to see magnificent bridges and other structures on which trains would run, awesome depots, ruthless rail magnates and the majesty of rail locomotives crossing the country.