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The Richmond and York River Railroad Company was incorporated under an act of the Virginia General Assembly on January 31, 1853.〔Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 212. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. .〕〔Harrison, Fairfax ( ''A history of the legal development of the railroad system of Southern Railway Company'' ). Washington, D.C.: Privately printed, 1901. . Retrieved December 24, 2013. p. 237.〕 The State of Virginia subscribed to 60 per cent of the capital stock.〔Harrison, 1901, p. 238.〕 The company built and initially operated of railroad line between Richmond, Virginia and West Point, Virginia on the York River. The railroad prospered during the first year of the American Civil War but was wrecked during the Peninsula Campaign. It was rebuilt after the Civil War. In 1894, it became part of the Southern Railway Company. ==Organization; American Civil War== In January 1857, the Richmond and York River Railroad Company issued $400,000 in mortgage bonds.〔 Before and during the American Civil War, the company repaid $53,000 on the mortgage dated September 9, 1859 which secured these bonds.〔〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'', 1931, p. 567.〕 The State increased its subscription to the capital stock of the company under an act of the Virginia General Assembly passed March 25, 1858.〔 In 1861, the company completed construction of of railroad line between Richmond, Virginia and West Point, Virginia on the York River, which was opened for operation on March 29, 1861.〔〔ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'', 1931, pp. 219, 567.〕 The western terminus was adjacent to Richmond's Tobacco Row. West Point was shipping port at the head of the York River, which is formed by the confluence of the Pamunkey River and the Mattaponi River. The Virginia General Assembly passed an act on February 13, 1861 under which the company purchased the steamer ''West Point'' to operate from the terminal and to make connections with steamboat lines or other navigation lines.〔Harrison, 1901, p. 239.〕 Initially, the railroad made a profit transporting supplies for the Confederate States of America Government.〔 The railroad was wrecked during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War in 1862 and was completely abandoned for several years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richmond and York River Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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