page_title: Clover Hill Railroad
section_title: Stations
hierarchical_section_title: Clover Hill Railroad / Stations
caption_attribution_description: English: Chesterfield Historic Courthouse at Courthouse Square
context_page_description: The Clover Hill Railroad was a railroad company that operated for 36 years in central Virginia near Richmond. The railroad was created to carry coal most efficiently from the Clover Hill Pits in Winterpock, Virginia, to further transportation points in Chester, Virginia, where it could sold for a better price than on the Appomattox River in the Piedmont region. This made the railroad important to the Confederacy in the Civil War to ensure a supply of coal for munitions and iron working. The mines were dangerous for the miners, and many accidents occurred. The railroad had to be sold when coal mining declined so that new owners could find other uses for the railroad.
context_section_description: The first tracks were laid from the Clover Hill Pitts to 4 miles (6 km) south at Epps Falls on the Appomattox. The Clover Hill Railroad was granted a charter in 1841, and in 1846 tracks were built 18 miles (29 km) from the Clover Hill coal mines at Winterpock to the town of Chester.  The Railroad had  the Swift Creek Rail Bridge.
  The line was extended to Osborne's Landing in 1867.
caption: Chesterfield Historic Courthouse
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