The Cope Depot, or Manchester and Augusta Railroad Station in

Cope, South Carolina Cope is a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 77 at the 2010 census, a decline from 107 in 2000. History Cope Depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Geography Cope is located ...

was a privately owned railroad

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built in 1893. It was built by the

Manchester and Augusta Railroad The Manchester and Augusta Railroad (also M&A, M&A Railroad Co., Manchester & Augusta RR, and Manchester & Augusta Railroad Company) was a Southeastern railroad that operated following the American Civil War. The Manchester and Augusta Railroad was ...

six years before being acquired by the

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...

. The depot is located along what is today the

CSX CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

Orangeburg Subdivision The Orangeburg Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The line runs from Sumter, South Carolina, to Cope, South Carolina along the former Manchester and Augusta Railroad line, for a total ...

, and was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2001.

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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina History of South Carolina Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893 Buildings and structures in Orangeburg County, South Carolina Former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stations National Register of Historic Places in Orangeburg County, South Carolina Former railway stations in South Carolina {{OrangeburgCountySC-NRHP-stub

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