Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad

Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Railroad
Locale Alabama
Dates of operation 1852 (1852)–1871 (1871)
Successor Selma and Meridian Railroad Company
then The Alabama Central Railroad Company
then East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company
then East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Previous gauge 5 ft (1,524 mm)
American Civil War era

The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company was incorporated under special act of Alabama on February 7, 1850.[1]

The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company constructed 77.3 miles (124.4 km) of railroad line between Selma, Alabama and York, Alabama during the years 1852 through 1864.[2]

On November 29, 1864, the name of the company was changed to The Selma and Meridian Rail Road Company.[1]

The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through Southern's acquisition of a successor company, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Interstate Commerce Commission. Southern Ry. Co., Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 214. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. OCLC 297351688.
  2. ↑ ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, p. 220.
  3. ↑ ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571.

References

  • Interstate Commerce Commission. Southern Ry. Co., Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. OCLC 297351688.
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