The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was incorporated under a special act of

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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

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and

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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

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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.

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* Interstate Commerce Commission. ''Southern Ry. Co.'', Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. . {{DEFAULTSORT:East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad 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

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