Augusta and Knoxville Railroad
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The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad was chartered in 1877 and opened a line in 1882, stretching 66 miles (106.2 km) between Augusta, Georgia
, and Greenwood, South Carolina
. In 1886, it was merged with three other companies to form the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
, which was reorganized in 1896 as the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway.
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, and Greenwood, South Carolina
Greenwood, South Carolina
Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 22,071 at the 2000 census and had slightly increased to 22,710 according to a 2009 estimate.-Geography:...
. In 1886, it was merged with three other companies to form the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
The Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway was a Southestern railroad company formed in 1886 by the merger of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, the Savannah Valley Railroad and the Greenville and Laurens Railroad, which then joined with Port Royal...
, which was reorganized in 1896 as the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway.