Lane Brothers Construction Company

• American

The Lane Brothers firm, founded in 1888 and incorporated in 1901, was operated by brothers John Edward Lane Jr and Henry Lee Lane. Their younger brothers, James and Wesley Lane, would later join the firm. The construction company engaged in building railroads, waterworks, and hydroelectric power plants. When the Lane Brothers firm completed a railroad between Albemarle and Nelson County, they purchased 1,000 acres and founded and developed the village of Esmont, their home and firm headquarters. The company was hugely successful with operations in the eastern part of the United States and Canada, and for many years the company was one of the largest contracting firms in the country having constructed more than 1000 miles of railroad. - NRHP