The Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad was a Southeastern railroad company chartered immediately after

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. The Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad was chartered in 1878 by the

South Carolina General Assembly The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and t ...

. The original intent was to build a line from

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, through Georgetown, Williamsburg, Clarendon, Sumter and Kershaw counties, to the North Carolina border. Its charter was amended in 1882 to strike "Narrow Gauge" from in its name, and the line was renamed the

Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad The Georgetown and North Carolina Railroad was a Southeastern railroad company that operated after Reconstruction. The company was originally chartered as the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad by the South Carolina General Assemb ...

. In 1885, the S.C. General Assembly approved changing the name of the Georgetown and North Carolina to the

Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, informally known as the Triple C, was a Southeastern railroad that operated in the late 19th century. The company was formed in 1886 with the idea of extending a rail line from Charleston, South Car ...

Company.Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 589
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