Piedmont and Northern Railway Company
Variant namesWilliam States Lee, vice-president of Southern Power and Utilities Company (now Duke Power Company), proposed the creation of the Piedmont and Northern Railway Company in 1909. Southern Power's president, James B. Duke, approved of Lee's proposal and stock was first issued in 1911. Envisioned as an electric interurban linking the major cities of the Piedmont Carolinas, construction began in Charlotte in 1911 under the direction of Lee's brother, Arthur Carl Lee. A connection of the two routes was never realized when Southern Railway Company secured an ICC ruling against an expansion of the P & N after World War I. In 1969, the railway merged with the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (now CSX Transportation).
From the description of Records, 1910-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46635861
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| referencedIn | Edwin Shearin Railroad Memorabilia Collection, 1931-1981 | North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Perkins, William Robertson, 1875-1945. Papers, 1903-1945. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Piedmont and Northern Railway Company. Records, 1910-1968. | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Nicholls, Samuel Jones. Papers, 1907-1918. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Writing Our Own History collection, 1992. | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library |
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| associatedWith | Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Nicholls, Samuel Jones. | person |
| associatedWith | Perkins, William Robertson, 1875-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Piedmont Traction Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Shearin, Edwin | person |
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| North Carolina | |||
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| North Carolina--Charlotte |
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| Electric railroads |
| Railroads |
| Railroads |
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Active 1910
Active 1968
