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What was the main export shipped from the harbor of Hampton Roads?
Automobiles
Grain
West Virginia bituminous coal
Oil
Answer
Collis Potter Huntington directed the Peninsula Extension of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, which opened a pathway for West Virginia bituminous coal to reach new coal piers on the harbor of Hampton Roads for export shipping.
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