*1897 merged into Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina.

Was the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, with route modifications in South Carolina.

In 1872 the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad leased the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad for ninety-nine (99) years. That lease was cancelled in 1878 due to the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta's bankruptcy; it was sold in 1879 and reorganized in February of 1880 under the same name.

By a curious turn of events, eight years after the dissolution of its lease with the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad in 1878, the lessee became the lessor and vice versa, when on June 1, 1885, the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad took a ninety-nine (99) year lease on the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. This lease remained in effect until it was cancelled on July 18, 1898, in order that the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad entered as a separate unit into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina.

In 1898, it was merged into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad of South Carolina, which subsequently merged into the overall Atltantic Coast Line Railroad in 1900.

When the Wilmington, Columbia, & Augusta Railroad built a new depot at Wedgefield, SC, the residents of Manchester began to move away until the only reminder of the town is the historical marker, a few miles south of Wedgefield.

Towns on Route (in SC):

Causey (1900)

Nichols

Mullins Depot > Mullins 1884

Todd (1888)

Marion

West Marion (1906)

Peedee

Gibson (1882) > Winona (1895)

Marrs Bluff

Florence

Ebenezer (1876)

Timmonsville

Cartersville

Magnolia (1878) > Lynchburg (1905)

Lynchburg > South Lynchburg (1905)

London (1883)

Atkins (1886)

Mayesville

Sumter C.H. > Sumter (1892)

Middleton

Cape Savannah (1890s)

Wedgefield (1872)

Camden Junction (1890s)

Acton #2 (1875)

Acton (1872) > Eastover (1875)

Weston (1887)

Grovewood (1872) > Congaree (1879)

James Crossing (1915)

Lykesland (1888)

Simms (1890s)

Columbia