Augusta and Savannah Railroad was incorporated in
Georgia
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by special act of the General Assembly, approved December 31, 1838, as
Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad
Augusta and Savannah Railroad was incorporated in Georgia by special act of the General Assembly, approved December 31, 1838, as Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad Company. The name was changed to Augusta and Savannah Railroad on February 16, 1856.
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Company. The name was changed to Augusta and Savannah Railroad on February 16, 1856.
Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad Company built of railroad line between
Millen, Georgia
Millen is a city, and the county seat of Jenkins County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,120 at the 2010 census, down from 3,492 at the 2000 census.
The city is intersected by U.S. Route 25 and State Route 17, and the proposed In ...
, and
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgi ...
, and of yard and side tracks prior to or during 1854.
Augusta and Savannah Railroad's property, including equipment, was leased to the
Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, after October 31, 1895
Central of Georgia Railway Company, on May 1, 1862, and again on October 24, 1895. It was absorbed by the Central of Georgia Railway in 1948.
See also
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Confederate railroads in the American Civil War
The American Civil War was the first in which large armies depended heavily on railroads to bring supplies. For the Confederate States Army, the system was fragile and was designed for short hauls of cotton to the nearest river or ocean port. Dur ...
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* ''Central of Georgia Railway Co.'', Volume 130, Interstate Commerce Commission Reports, p. 43 et seq. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.
Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads
Predecessors of the Central of Georgia Railway
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Railway companies disestablished in 1948
History of Augusta, Georgia
1838 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
5 ft gauge railways in the United States
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American companies disestablished in 1948
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