The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was incorporated under a special act of
Tennessee
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on January 27, 1848.
[Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 214. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. .]
The company built of
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railroad line between
Knoxville, Tennessee
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and
Bristol, Tennessee
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between 1850 and 1856.
[ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 220.]
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company received a large amount of funds from the sale of bonds of the State of Tennessee to aid in the rehabilitation of the line after the
American Civil War
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.
[ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, p. 606.] The State held a statutory lien on the company's property as security for this debt.
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was consolidated with
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company.Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission ...
Company, originally
Hiwassee Rail Road
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on February 19, 1836 as the Hiwassee Rail Road Company.Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission ...
Company, on November 26, 1869 to form
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the ...
Company.
The property eventually became part of
Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through its acquisition of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the ...
Company.
[ICC, ''Southern Ry. Co.'' valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571.]
See also
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Confederate railroads in the American Civil War
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Notes
References
* Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. .
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Defunct Tennessee railroads
Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.)
Railway companies established in 1848
Railway companies disestablished in 1869
5 ft gauge railways in the United States