Moncure Robinson
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Moncure Robinson (1802-1891) was a European-trained civil engineer and U.S. railroad building pioneer. He built the Chesterfield Railroad, the first in Virginia completed in 1831. He built the bridge across the James River between Manchester and Richmond, Virginia for the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad which was completed in 1838. He constructed the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad which featured a spectacular stone bridge and a tunnel 1,932 feet long.
He was married to Charlotte Taylor on February 2, 1835. He lived at times in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Richmond, Virginia.
Moncure Robinson was one of the early presidents of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in the 19th century.
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