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 *1880 reorganized as the Columbia & Greenville Railroad. + 1870 - Acquired the Union & Spartanburg Railroad / Spartanburg & Union Railroad, extending this line from Alston to Spartanburg. This railroad was chartered in 1845, construction began in 1849 and was completed in 1854. It was a main feeder into Columbia from the South Carolina Piedmont for the Confederacy during the Civil War. After the War, politicians defrauded the state of South Carolina out of $400,000 in a failed investment in the troubled Greenville & Columbia Railroad Company. The loss was equal to a quarter of the state's revenues for that year. As a result of the failed investment, the State adopted a constitutional ban on investing public money in stocks. |
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Towns on Route: Line #1 - Greenville to Columbia: Greenville C.H. > Greenville (1888) Golden Grove > Grove (1883) Piedmont (1876) Mineral Spring > Williamston (1852) Belton (1851) Anderson C.H. > Anderson (1895) Honea Path (1853) 114-Mile Turnout Donaldsville (1852) > Donalds (1890) Mount Hill Barmores Hodges (1852) Cokesbury Abbeville C.H. > Abbeville (1895) Dead Fall 89-Mile Turnout Woodville > Greenwood (1850) New Market > Newmarket (1895) 79-Mile Turnout Lodi > Ninety-Six (1852) Dyson's Mill (1852) > Dyson (1881) Brick House Chappells Bridge (1857) > Chappells (1881) Saluda Turnout (1850s) > Saluda Oldtown (1881) > Oldtown (1896) Boazmans Shop Spring > Silver Street (1865) > Silverstreet Burtons Tank Helena (1875) Newberry C.H. > Newberry (1892) Maffetts Turnout Stony Battery > Frog Level (1850) > Prosperity (1851) > Frog Level (1865) > Prosperity (1877) Pomaria Hope Station (1851) Peak (1880) Alston (1850) Little River Depot (1851) > Littleton (1851) Bookman (1880) Frosts Mill (1850s) Columbia Line #2 - Spartanburg to Alston: Spartanburg Cedar Spring Batesville > Rich Hill (1882) > Rich (1894) > White Stone (1908) Pacolett Depot > Pacolet (1882) McBridesville Jonesville Union Green Pond Santuck Fishdam > Carlisle (1891) Simsville Sheldon Lylesford Strother Tradesville (1880) Alston |
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