The Greigsville and Pearl Creek Railroad was a

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in the

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. Despite its name, it only existed in the immediate vicinity of Greigsville, a small community in the town of

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, and did not reach Pearl Creek, a hamlet in Covington.

History

The company was organized October 1, 1897 and

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ed January 26, 1898, to build from the

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's main line at North Greigsville (present-day Greigsville) west to the

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at Pearl Creek. Three miles (5 km) were constructed from the DL&W to the Greigsville Salt Mine, but the mine closed in June 1899, and operations were suspended. The actual location of Greigsville Salt Mine is not clear. Mindat puts the mine on a residential street (Virginia Avenue), but the USGS Topographic map puts the mine at the end of an unnamed road to the northwest.ACME Mapper
/ref> The railroad would have extended past the mine by at least the length of one train, in order to be able to load the entire train from one point.

References

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