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*1874 bankrupt. 1877 reorganized as Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway. Owned by Richmond & Danville Railroad. 1870 the merger of the Air Line Railroad of South Carolina and the Georgia Air Line Railroad (GA company). The Atlanta & Richmond Air Line Railway was organized in North Carolina in 1870, combining the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company and the Air Line Railroad Company of South Carolina. It was controlled by the Richmond and Danville Railroad. The R&D planned to build a line from Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA but could not do so under its own name due to limitations in its charter. The first 53 miles out of Atlanta were finished by 1871. In 1872, the R&D extended its credit to guarantee the last stages of construction. The entire line was completed in September of 1873. The company entered receivership in November, 1874 and was sold under foreclosure in December, 1876. The new bondholders reorganized the line as the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway in February, 1877. |
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Towns on Route (in NC): NC/SC State Line Kings Mountain Crowders Mountain Gastonia (1873) Pin Hook Depot (1873) > Lowell (1879) Garibaldi (1874) > Belmont (1886) Charlotte |
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