South Carolina Rail Road
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| Locale | South Carolina |
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| Dates of operation | 1843–1899 |
| Successor | Southern Railway |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Previous gauge |
5 ft (1,524 mm) and 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) |
| Headquarters | Charleston, South Carolina |
South Carolina Rail Road Company was a railroad company, that operated in South Carolina from 1843 to 1894, when it was succeeded by the Southern Railway. It was formed in 1844 by the merger of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (SCC&RR) into The Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company. It was built with a track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm).
Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern Railway) gained control of the line in 1899 and consolidated it into the Southern Railway – Carolina Division on July 1, 1902 under special act of South Carolina, approved February 19, 1902.
The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was chartered under act of the South Carolina General Assembly of December 19, 1827. The company operated its first 6 miles (9.7 km) line west from Charleston, South Carolina in 1830.
The Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad, which had built no track of its own, gained stock control of The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company in 1839. The merged companies changed its name to South Carolina Rail Road Company under an act of the South Carolina General Assembly of December 19, 1843. The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company had built its first 6-mile (9.7 km) line west from Charleston, South Carolina in 1830. The railroad ran scheduled steam service over its 136-mile (219 km) line from Charleston, South Carolina, to Hamburg, South Carolina, beginning in 1833.
In 1840, the company constructed a 66.3-mile (106.7 km) railroad line between Branchville, South Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina; And In 1848, the South Carolina Rail Road Company constructed a 37.1-mile (59.7 km) railroad line between Kingsville, South Carolina and Camden, South Carolina. In 1853, the company constructed a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) railroad, mainly a bridge over the Savannah River, from Hamburg, South Carolina to Augusta, Georgia.
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