Radford

Central Depot (Radford) station on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, 1856
Source: Library of Congress, W.W. Blackford map, Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road

grid established by Radford Land & Improvement Company
Source: Library of Virginia, “We Are Not Saved:” The Land Boom & Real Estate Speculation in Montgomery County, VA

Links

• Radford

• Appalachian Regional Commission (one of 23 counties and seven independent cities in Virginia that belong to the federal-state partnership)
• New River Castings Foundry explosion (March 5, 2000)
• Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development - Appalachian Regional Commission
• Wildwood Park

during the Civil War, a boat ramp at Central Depot was used to transfer goods from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad for shipment down the New River to Narrows Source: Library of Virginia, Montgomery County In The Civil War