Ashburn, Virginia - Town centre

Ashburn, Virginia, is a fast growing township about 10 miles to the North West of Washington Dulles Airport.




Housing at Ashburn, Virginia

Seemingly endless estates of new houses dwarg 'Old Ashburn'. Ashburn was known as Farmwell until 1896, but then renamed after an ash tree caught fire and supposedly burned for a week.




The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad

Ran from Alexandia to Bluemont, Virginia. Founded 1847. Opened in 1860 to Leesburg, later to Bluemont. Electrified in (?) 1912. Passengre services ceased in 1951, line abandoned in 1968. Today it's a cycle way. (or for the most part it is - is it significant that the Orange line of the Metro also has stations at Vienna, Dun Loring, East Falls Chutch, West Falls Church and Rosslyn?).




At Ashburn - Washington and Old Dominion today

The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad as it is today. More of the W and OD history and Old picture of Ashburn Station




Vestals Gap Road

Vestals Gap Road also ran from the DC Area, through Loudoun County, and on to West Virginia. Perhaps it was the old road at Colvin Run Mill, here it is in a small historic park near Dulles Town Center, and we also saw a short section on our day out to Harpers Ferry




New Roads at Ashburn

Today, new roads such as the Claibourne Parkway - seen here in Ashburn - drawf the old roads which have been long since swept away ...




Dulles Town Center

... and shopping Malls such as the Dulles Town Center gave sprung up along the modern roads such as Route 7 (The Leesburg Pike)




From the "East Coast USA, September 2008" series ... common links

Ashburn, Virginia
Colvin Run Mill, Virginia
Brunswick, Maryland
Class of 73 reunion
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Potomac River

Flight to the USA
Photographing overhead cables
A Sad town in the sunlight
High School Reunions
Colvin and Carlisle

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