During the ten years 1878-1888 C&O's coal resources began to be developed and shipped eastward. In 1881 the Peninsula Subdivision was completed from Richmond to the new city of Newport News located on Hampton Roads, the East's largest ice-free port. Transportation of coal to Newport News where it was loaded on coast wise shipping and transported to the Northeast became a staple of the C&O's business at this time.
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