Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad
The Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad was a Southeastern railroad company chartered immediately after Reconstruction.
The Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad was chartered in 1878 by the South Carolina General Assembly.[1]
The original intent was to build a line from Georgetown, South Carolina, through Georgetown, Williamsburg, Clarendon, Sumter and Kershaw counties, to the North Carolina border.[2]
While the company had "Narrow Gauge" in its name, its charter authorized it to make its railbed either narrow gauge or broad gauge.[3]
In 1883, the charter was amended to enable the line to be rerouted so that it would be able to access Charleston Harbor.[4]
In 1885, the S.C. General Assembly approved changing the name of the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge to the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company.[5]
References
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 588
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 588
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 588
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 588
- ^ Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 30, 1889, page 589