Edgefield Branch Railroad
| Overview | |
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| Dates of operation | 1878–1879 |
| Successor | Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Edgefiled Branch Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that existed immediately after the Reconstruction Era of the United States.
Charter
[edit]The Edgefield Branch Railroad was chartered in 1878 to build a line from Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, to extend to Trenton, South Carolina, where it would be able to connect with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.[1]
Name change
[edit]A year later, the company's charter was amended in 1879 to change the line's name to the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad.[2]
See also
[edit]- Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad
- Belton, Williamston and Easley Railroad
- Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway
- Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway
- Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad
- French Broad and Atlantic Railway
References
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