Farmville and Powhatan Railroad
| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia |
| Locale | Chesterfield, Virginia |
| Dates of operation | 1884-03-10–1905-06-07 |
| Successor | Tidewater and Western Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Beach Station | |
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The Village of Beach Station was built around 1890 was a stop on the Farmville and Powhatan and was opened on the year that the Farmville and Powhatan bought the Brighthope Railway. | |
| General information | |
| Location | 10410 Beach Road, Chesterfield, VA U.S.A. |
| Owned by | George Perdue |
| Line(s) | Main |
| Distance | 70 miles from Farmville, Va. |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Train operators | Farmville and Powhatan Railroad and Tidewater and Western Railroad |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | with a railroad depot, some railroad shanties, a general store and the owner's house. |
| History | |
| Opened | c. 1891 |
| Closed | c. 1905 |
| Services | |
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General Store and Postal mail. Store continued after rails were removed.
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| Designated | February 22, 2008 |
| Reference no. | 08000067 |
| Designated | December 5, 2007 |
| Reference no. | 020-5386 |
In 1886, Randolph Harrison, of the Virginia department of Agriculture, cited Cumberland Mining Company, stating that businessmen would soon open a hotel at Lithia Springs, Farmville, VA for people seeking the healing waters. The Brighthope railway would be extended to bring them there. But instead, the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Company built the narrow gauge rails through Cumberland County and the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Company bought the Brighthope Railway, so the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad made the connection. In 1890, Beach Station was built with a railroad depot, some railroad shanties, a general store and an owner's house, the George Perdue House as a stop on the line.