City Point Railroad

The Lower Appomattox Company ran boats of cargo from Petersburg, Virginia, to the large port at City Point.

[3] Goods for export arrived in Petersburg from farms and plantations by way of the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System.

John Couty, the chief engineer, had previously improved the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System in 1830.

[6] The company also operated small boats on the Lower Appomattox from City Point to Petersburg.

The City of Petersburg was allowed, by the Virginia General Assembly in 1848, to sell up to one hundred thousand dollars of bonds to finance repairing the Appomattox Railroad.

City Point Map by Couty 1837
City Point Warf Granite Work.
The tourists pocket map of the state of Virginia 1853, exhibiting its internal improvements roads distances. Cropped for City Point Railroad.