| Known
Industrial Railroads in South Carolina |
Year
Started |
Year
Ended |
Length |
Notes |
| D.W.
Alderman & Company Railroad |
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| Archdale
Phosphate Company Railroad |
1890 |
|
< 2 mi |
On east bank of Ashley River
upstream from Lambs, run by Bullwinkle.* |
| Argent
Lumber Company Railroad |
1916 |
1956 |
20 mi |
aka Garysburg Manufacturing
Company Railroad |
| Atlantic
Coast Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Avondale
Lumber Company Railroad |
1925 |
1929 |
16 mi |
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| Bailey
Libby Company Railroad |
1889 |
1919 |
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| Beam
Lumber Company Railroad |
1922 |
1926 |
6 mi |
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| Bear
Swamp Mining Company Railroad |
1891 |
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Bear Swamp is centered between
the Ashley River Road and Rantowles Creek, and between Bees Ferry
Road and Middleton Place. The original railroad diverted from
Ravenel's private railroad on the side of Bees Ferry Road and
headed north. It was run by Rose, then by Hertz. Possibly, Charleston
Mining & Manufacturing picked it up and extended it through
Runnymede and into Millbrook on the edge of Bradley's Bulow Mines
tract.* |
| Beaufort
Veneer & Packing Company Railroad |
1920 |
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| W.B.
Blades & Brothers Company Railroad |
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| J.H.
Blake Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Edward
Bodington & Company Railroad |
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Probably the same as Cooper
River Phosphate Company Railroad, which was owned by Ed Bodington.
See below. |
| Bolton
Mines Railroad |
1873 |
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aka Wylie & Gordon Company
Railroad. Bolton Mines was located at Johns Island Station, where
Bees Ferry Road meets Hwy 17 and on a side road down to the Stono
River.* |
| Brewer
Mining Company Railroad |
1890 |
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| Bridgeport
Lumber Company Railroad |
1905 |
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| Bulow
Mines Railroad |
1874 |
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aka Bradley Company Railroad.
Originated on the east bank of Rantowles Creek opposite the County
Line Road that crossed over on Bradley's Bridge. The ACL ran
a line from Johns Island Station up to Bulow Mines. The Bulow
Mines line ran diagonally up to Bear Swamp Road. Here a number
of sidings were built.* |
| Butters
Lumber Company Railroad |
1897 |
1927 |
|
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| Calhoun
Sawmill Company Railroad |
1907 |
1928 |
10 mi |
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| Charleston
Iron Works Railroad |
1891 |
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| Clifton
Manufacturing Company Railroad |
1895 |
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| Congaree
Lumber Company Railroad |
1870s |
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| Cooper
River Phosphate Company Railroad |
1915 |
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Owned by Ed Bodington.* |
| Deep
River Lumber Company Railroad |
1905 |
1922 |
15 mi |
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| Dorchester
Lumber Company Railroad |
1908 |
1935 |
30 mi |
|
| Edisto
River Lumber Company Railroad |
|
|
15 mi |
|
| Guignard
Brick Works Railroad |
1911 |
1935 |
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| Halsey
Lumber Company Railroad |
1910 |
1922 |
5 mi |
A.O. Halsey Lumber Company
- Dorchester County.* |
| Hammer
Lumber Company Railroad |
1910 |
1917 |
14 mi |
|
| Harrison
Cannon Company Railroad |
1910 |
|
7 mi |
|
| Honaker
& Jackson Lumber Company |
1932 |
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| R.R.
Hudgins Company Railroad |
1896 |
|
4 mi |
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| J.C.
Inabnett Company Railroad |
1889 |
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| Jericho
Lumber Company Railroad |
1891 |
1905 |
20 mi |
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| Charles
Knapp Company Railroad |
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| W.T.
Kuhin Company Railroad |
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| James
M. Lumb Company Railroad |
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| Lynches
River Tramway Company |
1904 |
1906 |
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| Maynard
Brothers Company Railroad |
|
1920 |
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| McDairmid
Williams Lumber Company Railroad |
1906 |
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| McNamee
Kaolin Company Railroad |
1920 |
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| H.
McWilliams Company Railroad |
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| Mims
& Dantzler Company Railroad |
1885 |
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| Mount
Holly Mines Railroad |
1890 |
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aka Berkeley Phosphate Company
Railroad. Located at Mount Holly very near Goose Creek, the line
was west of the North Eastern RR (ACL-CSX). This was the first
company in the world to use Phosphate cars provided by the North
Eastern RR as early as 1870.* |
| Mullins
Lumber & Brick Company Railroad |
1905 |
1924 |
12 mi |
aka Mullins Lumber Company
Railroad |
| Omohundro
Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Otranto
Lumber Company Railroad |
1912 |
|
4 mi |
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| Oxbridge
Mines Railroad |
1882 |
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Most likely Uxbridge Mines
Railroad. See below. |
| Palmetto
Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Paragon
Kaolin Works Railroad |
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| S.M.
Parker Lumber Works Railroad |
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| Parker
Brooks Construction Company Railroad |
1912 |
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| Piedmont
Tin Mining Company Railroad |
1912 |
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| Pon
Pon Phosphate Company Railroad |
1881 |
1917 |
3 mi |
aka Fishburne (or Fishbourne)
Company Railroad. The works were located on the east side of
the Pon Pon River (Edisto) and just a bit north of the Savannah
& Charleston tracks. It ran north up the east bank to Fishburne's
Landing and crossed to the west side. It ran diagonally to Iron
Crossroads.* |
| J.F.
Prettyman Lumber Company Railroad |
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associated with Summerville
& St. Johns Railroad |
| Prewer
Mining Company Railroad |
1890 |
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| J.J.
Riddle Company Railroad |
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| Rocky
Bluff Lumber Company Railroad |
1905 |
1909 |
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| Rose
Mining & Manufacturing Company Railroad |
1882 |
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Arthur Rose had his works at
the Ashley River Savannah & Charleston RR bridge west end
and just to the north of the double tracks. This was Drayton's
Station, which was on the south side of the tracks. The Rose
railroad ran on the north side of Bees Ferry Road to near Bear
Swamp Road at Red Top, SC.* |
| Salkehatchie
Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Scotland
Lumber Company Railroad |
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| Smoak
Tramway |
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precursor to Branchville &
Bowman Railroad |
| Sullivan
Lumber Company Railroad |
1919 |
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| Sumter
Pine & Cypress Company Railroad |
1909 |
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| D.W.
Taylor Lumber Company Railroad |
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associated with Summerville
& St. Johns Railroad |
| D.E.
Throwers Company Railroad |
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| Tilghman
Lumber Company Railroad |
1891 |
1903 |
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| Unaka
Lumber Company Railroad |
1910 |
1920 |
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| Uxbridge Mines Railroad |
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This is not Oxbridge, but a plantation
known as Uxbridge which is north on the Ashley River from Middleton
Place. Limited mining.* |
| Wando
Phosphate Company Railroad |
1890 |
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This was on the east side of
the Ashley River and downstream from Fetteresa, where the railorad
bridge crosses over. The rock went downstream to the Wando Works
for conversion to fertilizer by lighter on the river.* |
| Weber
& Davis Company Railroad |
1891 |
1910 |
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| J.G.
White & Company Railroad |
1904 |
1926 |
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| Winston
& Company Railroad |
1913 |
1936 |
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| Yemassee
Merchantile Company Railroad |
1920 |
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| *Information provided in September 2008 by Mr.
Thomas Fetters of Lombard, IL, who is writing a book on the phosphate
mines in the SC lowcountry. Good luck, Mr. Fetters, and thanks
for the information. |
