Lawndale Railway And Industrial Co.
The Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company operated a narrow gauge railroad from Shelby to Lawndale, North Carolina Lawndale is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, situated along the First Broad River. The population was 606 at the 2010 census. History Lawndale developed in the late 19th century around the Cleveland Mills plant establish ... from 1899 to 1943. It served the Cleveland Cotton Mills in Shelby, as well as a cotton mill at Double Shoals, and also hauled agricultural products and supplies, coal, and general merchandise.Lee Rainey, "The Lawndale Dummy," Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, Sept-Oct 1983, pp. 26-35. References Narrow gauge railroads in North Carolina Defunct North Carolina railroads 3 ft gauge railways in the United States {{NorthCarolina-transport-stub ...
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Narrow Gauge Railways
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, they can be less costly to build, equip, and operate than standard- or broad-gauge railways (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain). Lower-cost narrow-gauge railways are often used in mountainous terrain, where engineering savings can be substantial. Lower-cost narrow-gauge railways are often built to serve industries as well as sparsely populated communities where the traffic potential would not justify the cost of a standard- or broad-gauge line. Narrow-gauge railways have specialised use in mines and other environments where a small structure gauge necessitates a small loading gauge. In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard; Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Austr ...
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Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ...
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Shelby, NC
Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It lies near the western edge of the Charlotte combined statistical area. The population was 20,323 at the 2010 census. History The area was originally inhabited by Catawba and Cherokee peoples and was later settled between around 1760. The city was chartered in 1843 and named after Colonel Isaac Shelby, a hero of the battle of Kings Mountain (1780) during the American Revolution. Shelby was agricultural until the railways in the 1870s stimulated Shelby's development. Textiles later became its chief industry during the 1920s when production of cotton in Cleveland County rose from 8,000 to 80,000 bales a year. Cotton production peaked in 1948 with Cleveland County producing 83,549 bales, making it North Carolina's premier cotton county. In the 1930s, Shelby was known as “the leading shopping center between Charlotte and Asheville”  People from surrounding counties came to Shelby to sho ...
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Lawndale, North Carolina
Lawndale is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, situated along the First Broad River. The population was 606 at the 2010 census. History Lawndale developed in the late 19th century around the Cleveland Mills plant established by Major H.F. Schenck. The town was named for the green lawns of the houses where many of the mill's workers lived. Schenck's daughter and son-in-law opened the Piedmont Academy in 1897, and rail service to Shelby began two years later. Lawndale was incorporated in 1903.Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina', Vol. 2, 1903, p. 186. Geography Lawndale is located at (35.415039, -81.562250). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (5.81%) is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 642 people, 270 households, and 180 families in the town. The population density was 791.6 people per square mile (306.0/km). There were 300 housing units at an average ...
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Double Shoals, North Carolina
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Narrow Gauge Railroads In North Carolina
Narrow may refer to: * The Narrow, rock band from South Africa * Narrow banking, proposed banking system that would eliminate bank runs and the need for a deposit insurance * narrow gauge railway, a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the 4 ft 8½ in of standard gauge railways * Narrow vs wide format, a style of displaying tabular data * Narrowboat or narrow boat, a boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain * ''Narrow'' (album), a 2012 album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin * "Narrow", a song by Mayday Parade from ''Black Lines'' See also * Narro (other) * The Narrows (other) * Narrowing (other) Narrowing may refer to: *Narrowing (computer science), a type of algorithm for solving equations between symbolic expressions **Narrowing of algebraic value sets, a method for the elimination of values from a solution set which are inconsistent wit ...

Defunct North Carolina Railroads
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