Alum Springs
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The park is open from April
to October opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. on weekdays (opens at
10 a.m.on weekends).
More rock formations
along the trails
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More rock formations
along the trails
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Hazen Run stream
bed
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Hazen Run
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Also part of the park is
the old Virginia Central Rail Road. A sign marking the old railbed provides
a brief history of the old rail road. It was chartered by the state in
1853 as the Fredericksburg & Gordonsville Rail Road. Construction began
in 1854. The company went bankrupt after only laying 18 miles of roadbed.
Ater the war, construction resumed by a new company. The line was named
the Potomac, Fredericksburg & Peidmont and ran to the town of Orange.
In 1926 the railway was name the Virginia Central. The Virginia Central
also failed and all but one mile of track was removed in 1938. That mile
of track remained operational until 1984.
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