The Saluda River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 200 mi (320 km) long, in northern and western South Carolina in the United States. Via the Congaree River, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad (ETV&G) was a rail transport system that operated in the southeastern United States during the late 19th century. Created with the consolidation of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad and the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad in 1869, the ETV&G played an important role in connecting East Tennessee and other isolated parts of Southern Appalachia with the rest of the country, and helped make Knoxville one of the region's major wholesaling centers. In 1894, the ETV&G merged with the Richmond and Danville Railroad to form the Southern Railway.
The Piedmont & Northern Railway was a heavy electric interurban company operating over two disconnected divisions in North and South Carolina. Tracks spanned 128 miles (206 km) total between the two segments, with the northern division running 24 miles (39 km) from Charlotte, to Gastonia, North Carolina, including a three-mile (5 km) spur to Belmont. The southern division main line ran 89 miles (143 km) from Greenwood to Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a 12 mi (19 km) spur to Anderson. Initially the railroad was electrified at 1500 volts DC, however, much of the electrification was abandoned when dieselisation was completed in 1954.
Pickens Railway is a shortline railroad that has operated on two separate divisions in the Upstate Region of South Carolina:
Alexander Alan Arthur was a Scottish-born engineer and entrepreneur active primarily in the southeastern United States in the latter half of the 19th century. Flamboyant, charismatic, and energetic, Arthur used his prominent American and European financial connections to fund numerous business ventures, most of which were overly ambitious and ultimately failed. A proponent of economic advancement in what became known as the New South, Arthur played a primary role in the development of the Cumberland Gap area, and in the course of his endeavors established the cities of Middlesboro, Kentucky and Harrogate, Tennessee. The community of Arthur, Tennessee, is named for him.
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad (1888–1889) was a railroad which went across the U.S. state of Tennessee and into Kentucky. It was built in the late 1880s and used for industrial purposes.
The Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad was a railroad that served South Carolina immediately after the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States.
The French Broad and Atlantic Railway was a railroad that served western South Carolina in the late 19th century.
The Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad was the new name given the Augusta and Edgefield Railroad in December 1885.
The Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad was a Southeastern railroad company created in the late 19th century by the merger of two existing southern carriers.
The Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad was a railroad that served the Upstate region in the period after Reconstruction.
The Union, Gaffney City and Rutherfordton Railroad was a railroad chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly shortly after the end of Reconstruction.
The Pickens Railroad is a shortline railroad that operates in the South Carolina Upstate region for more than a century, beginning in the 1890s.
The Belton Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of South Carolina. The line runs from Spartanburg, South Carolina to Williamston, South Carolina for a total of 49.7 miles. At its east end the line continues west from the Spartanburg Subdivision and at its west end the line continues west as the Greenville and Western Railway.
