The Florida, Georgia and Western Railway Company was incorporated as a result of

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State Law Chapter 4098, approved May 7, 1891. The company was owned by Christopher W. McLean and George S. Daniels of

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, William C. Lewis of

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.Laws of Florida; Chapter 4098
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Defunct Florida railroads Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Railway companies established in 1891 Railway companies disestablished in 1895 {{Florida-transport-stub