The Ohio Valley Electric Railway was a

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and interurban system that ran between

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, and Ashland, Kentucky. The system was also connected by

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to Ironton, Ohio.

History

The Ohio Valley Electric Railway was incorporated in West Virginia on August 28, 1899, and, backed by

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Johnson N. Camden, bought out the Consolidated Light and Railway Company of Huntington, the Ashland and Catlettsburg Street Railway, and the Ironton and Petersburg Street Railway. By the fall of 1900, new track connected the West Virginia and Kentucky segments of the line, and the combined properties became known as the Camden Interstate Railway Company. In 1908, the company changed its name back to the Ohio Valley Electric Railway. Street railway operations ceased in 1937.

References

External links

HuntingtonTrolley.com

ElectricalRailroaders.org

Camden Park history
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