The Potomac Steamboat Company served as the direct water link between the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad was a railroad connecting Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. The track is now the RF&P Subdivision of the CSX Transportation system; the original corporation is no longer a railroad comp ...
(at
Aquia Creek) and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (at
Washington, DC
)
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) from 1845 and 1872. Its predecessor was the
Washington and Fredericksburg Steamboat Company, renamed after the
RF&P acquired majority control. After May 1, 1872, the connection was made at Quantico Creek.
[Griffin, William E. Jr, Capital Cities Route, pages 4-6, TLC Publishing, 1994]
References
Defunct shipping companies of the United States
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