1892 Map of Lynchburg

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Lynchburg serves as the industrial and transportation hub for Central Virginia in this late 19th-century survey, where the James River bends sharply near Durmid. The landscape is defined by a dense network of early transit, featuring the convergence of major lines like the Virginia Midland Rail Road and the Lynchburg and Salem Rail Road. This era shows a transition from river-based transport to heavy rail, though the Wards Road Ferry still provides a critical crossing over the Staunton River further south.