The Ohio River and Charleston Railway was a Southeastern railroad that operated in the late 19th century.
Creation
Tennessee
On July 17, 1893, Charles E. Hellier bought a section of railroad known as the "Clinchfield route" from Baring Brothers, an
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banking company that had recently gone bankrupt due to the
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was an economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897. It deeply affected every sector of the economy, and produced political upheaval that led to the political realignment of 1896 and the pres ...
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for $550,000. He then organized the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company (of Tennessee). Two months later, in September 1893, he extended the railroad to go from Chestoa, Tennessee,
to a station five miles south of
Huntdale, North Carolina.
South Carolina
The Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company (of South Carolina) was organized in 1894 to take over 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 Caro ...
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Consolidation of the Four Companies
In November 1894, the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company (of North Carolina), the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company (of Virginia), and the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company (of Tennessee) were consolidated to form the Ohio River and Charleston Railway Company.
Fate
The line went into foreclosure in June 1898, with South Carolina property being sold under foreclosure on August 1, 1898, to organizers of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad The South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad of South Carolina was a railroad that operated in the late 19th century.
The line was created in 1898 when organizers purchased the failed Ohio River and Charleston Railway, a successor of the Charl ...
Company (of South Carolina).
In February 1899, the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company of South Carolina was consolidated with the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company of North Carolina, to form the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company.
In 1902, the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad became part of the Southern Railway – Carolina Division
The Southern Railway – Carolina Division was one of the first railroads chartered in the United States.
The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was chartered in South Carolina in 1827, eventually building a line from Charleston, South C ...
. Meanwhile that same year, The Tennessee portion became part of the South and Western Railway.
See also
*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 Caro ...
References
Note: Reference 1 contains some incorrect information
External links
www.AbandonedRails.comThermal Belt Rail Trail
Defunct South Carolina railroads
Railway companies established in 1894
Railway companies disestablished in 1898
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