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By Mike Stroud, July 2008
South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company Marker, looking west along Park Ave. (Old Railroad cut)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Laurens St. SW near Park Ave SW, on the right when traveling south. |
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Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world’s longest railroad. Now part of Southern Railway System. — — Map (db m9999) HM |
| On U.S. 21, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833
its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world’s longest railroad.
Now part of the Southern Railway System. — — Map (db m9985) HM |
| On South Parler Avenue (U.S. 15) at State Highway 18-99, on the right when traveling north on South Parler Avenue. |
| | Began first successful scheduled
steam railroad service in America
on December 25, 1830, and by 1833
its 136 miles from Charleston
to Hamburg made it the world's
longest railroad. Now a part of
Southern Railroad System. — — Map (db m23049) HM |
| Near John Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first passenger railroad began operation in England in 1825. Word of this new kind of transportation quickly spread across the Atlantic. Charleston businessmen, suffering through a severe recession in the 1820s, were eager to explore this . . . — — Map (db m39980) HM |
| On John Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Horatio Allen was the chief engineer for the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company. He convinced the owners to use steam instead of horses to power their first locomotive, noting, "there was no reason to believe that the breed of horses would be . . . — — Map (db m40052) HM |
May. 5, 2024
