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Photographer: South Carolina Postcards Volume IV: Lexington County and Lake Murray
Taken: Circa 1910
Caption: Irmo Train Depot
Additional Description: In Irmo and the Dutch Fork Legacy (1990), Furman R.Younginer states that Irmo was the name given to the site about 10 miles from Columbia that was needed for water and refueling the wood-burning locomotives on the new Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad, which began service through the 1-square mile town in July 1890 -- the same year in which the town was incorporated.
Submitted: August 14, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73788
File Size: 0.019 Megabytes

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