Chester,_Greenwood_and_Abbeville_Railroad

Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad

Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad

Late 19th century railroad company in the southern United States

The Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad was a South Carolina railroad company chartered in the late 19th century.

The Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad was Chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1885.[1]

A year later, the company's name was changed to the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway. The goal was to construct a line from Monroe, North Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia.[2] Construction on the line began in 1887 in North Carolina.[3]

In 1901 the line was formally merged into the Seaboard Air Line Railway.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Acts of the General Assembly of South Carolina, 1885, page 129
  2. [2]
    Railroad History, Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Railroad History, Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Railroad History, Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
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