Greenville and Port Royal Railroad

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The Greenville and Port Royal Railroad was a railroad chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1882.

South Carolina General Assembly

The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. Altogether, the General Assembly consists of 170 members. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia.

In 1885, the Greenville and Port Royal's charter was amended by the S.C. General Assembly and the line was renamed the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway. [1]

The Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway was a railroad company chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1885.

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The Carolina, Knoxville and Western Railway was a South Carolina railroad that existed in the latter half of the 19th century.

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