the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad connected a Hampton Roads port directly to the Piedmont trade, competing with Fall Line ports at Petersburg and Richmond
Source: Library of Congress, Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connections with Ohio & Mississippi Rivers (1858)
the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad was completed before the Civil War
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada (1859)
the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad was completed before the Civil War
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada (1859)