Bristol
—A New Line
—New River Depot (now Radford)
—Coal deposits at Pocahontas, VA 1883
—Clinch Valley Railroad – coal fields
—Bluefield (Graham) to Norton 104 miles long. 1891 (finished). This opened many new coal mines. Other
lines into West Virginia,
Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina. Aided
– Southwest VA and opened new markets and development.
—The railroad continued to grow. In 5 years, 6 great railroads merged.
—A system of 8,000 miles of tracks. With other mergers, Bristol was a part of 27,000 mile network.