The Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad Company was incorporated by
Florida
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state law chapter 3499, approved March 5, 1883, as owned by
Alexander St. Clair-Abrams of
,
W. R. Anno,
Nat Poyntz and
J. L. Bryan of
Orange County, Florida
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;
L. H. Davis of
New Jersey
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;
John P. Morton of
Kentucky
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; and
Charles Jay
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of
Vermont
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.
The line was defined as beginning at
Tavares
Tavares may refer to:
Places Brazil
*Tavares, Paraíba
*Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul
*Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo
*Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Tavares River
Jamaica
*Tavares Garden ...
, in
Lake County, running thence to
Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures rele ...
in
Orange County
Orange County most commonly refers to:
*Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Orange County may also refer to:
U.S. counties
*Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando
*Orange County, Indiana
*Orange County, New ...
, passing through or near
Apopka City, thence to such point on the
Atlantic coast as the said company by its President and Board of Directors may determine, together with a branch from or near
Apopka City, to or near
Oakland
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, on the south side of
Lake Apopka
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.
The railroad was promised
land grants
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along its line.
See also
*
West Orange Trail for a trail partly on the former railroad right-of-way.
References
Defunct Florida railroads
Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Railway companies established in 1883
Railway companies disestablished in 1891
1883 establishments in Florida
American companies disestablished in 1891
American companies established in 1883
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