Western North Carolina Railroad Company

Dates:
Active 1855
Active 1895

Biographical notes:

Incorporated in North Carolina in 1855 to build a railroad to connect the North Carolina Railroad with the Mississippi Valley; main line opened in 1881 from Salisbury to Paint Rock, N.C. (185 miles); part of Richmond and Danville system (1880-1894); controlled by Southern Railway Company after 1894.

From the description of Papers, 1855-1895. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28414163

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Subjects:

  • Railroads
  • Railroads

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Places:

  • Paint Rock (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Salisbury (N.C.) (as recorded)

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