South Carolina Railroads - Charleston & Savannah Railway




South Carolina Railroads - Charleston & Savannah Railway

Acronym	Year Chartered or Incorporated	Year Line Operational	Year Service Ended	Original Starting Point	Original Ending Point
C&S	1880	1880	1902*	Charleston, SC	Savannah, GA

*1902 merged into Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Was the Charleston & Savannah Railroad. Owned by Plant Systems. After the Civil War, Connecticut entrepreneur Henry B. Plant built a network of railroads across southern Georgia and northern Florida. By 1880, he moved into South Carolina and purchased the ailing Charleston & Savannah Railroad, and renamed it to the Charleston & Savannah Railway. Plant systems built and operated other short line railroads within South Carolina in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1902, the Atlantic Coast Line acquired all of Plant Systems' assets.

Towns on Route (in SC): Charleston Stono (1882) > Johns Island #2 (1903) Rantowles New Road Ravenels Meggett (1893) Younges Island (1888) Adams Run Osborne Parkers Ferry (1909) Pon Pon (1892) Jacksonboro Ashepoo Green Pond White Hall Salkehatchie Yemassee Pocotoligo Coosawhatchie Ridgeland Grahamville Switzerland (1901) Hardeeville SC/GA State Line