– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the early years The Tredegar Iron Works on the north banks of the James River in Richmond is named for the Tredegar Ironworks at Tredegar in South Wales. Like it’s namesake, the Richmond Tredegar foundries produced a significant volume of rails and associated products. However, it was...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – St Pauls Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia was built in 1843-45. It is one of the largest churches in the Diocese of Virginia, seating 800 people. Located across the street from the Virginia State Capitol, it has long been a popular house of worship for political figures. Known as...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – King William County Courthouse King William County, Virginia was created in 1702 on the peninsula of land between the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers. In the early days the town of West Point was the most important and the busiest as it served as the county’s port. Being such an important place, though, did not...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk Earlier this summer I visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia for the Fly-in to Victory Day. After enjoying the exhibits outside and watching the warbirds fly out of the museum grounds, I took a while to look at some of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Teackle Mansion The Teackle Mansion in Princess Anne, Maryland was built for Littleton Dennis Teackle and his wife Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. Construction of this 10,000 square foot Federal style house began in the spring of 1802. The structure took 17-years to build, finally being finished in 1819. The house...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Eastern Shore Railroad The Eastern Shore Railroad (ESR) began life as part of the much larger New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYPN). It was founded by A. J. Cassatt and coal magnet, W. L. Scott in 1882. It began operations in October 1884. The railroad ran down the spine of the Delmarva Peninsula. The...
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