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In 2015 the Museum received state funding to restore the locomotive and 5 passenger cars and a caboose. 3 of those items are from Greenwood's own "Piedmont & Northern Railway", of 4 surviving in the country. The P&N was an electric railway started by Southern Electric Co (Duke Power/Energy now) and moved passengers with interurbans (like the ...
This list of museums in South Carolina, United States, encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
North of Greenwood at the junction of South Carolina Highways 246 and 254 34°16′29″N 82°13′03″W / 34.274722°N 82.2175°W / 34.274722; -82.2175 ( Old Cokesbury and Masonic Female College and Conference
Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina. [5] The population in the 2020 United States Census was 22,545 down from 23,222 at the 2010 census . [ 6 ] The city is home to Lander University .
South Carolina Railroad: South Carolina Railway: SOU: 1881 1894 South Carolina and Georgia Railroad: South Carolina Air–Line Railway: SOU: 1877 1877 Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway: South Carolina and Georgia Railroad: SOU: 1894 1902 Southern Railway – Carolina Division: South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad: SOU: 1898 1902 ...
Finally, in 1896, the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway was organized to consolidate both railroads into a single entity. The result was a 341 miles (549 km) railroad network covering most of western South Carolina. In 1897, the Atlantic Coast Line took control of the C&WC and operated the railroad as an independent company.
The Greenwood, Anderson and Western was placed in receivership in January 1897 and sold later that year, with property being conveyed to a new company called the Sievern and Knoxville Railroad in April 1898. [2] The line was controlled by the Southern Railway after 1899 [3] and was abandoned in 1933. [3]
The Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad was a South Carolina railroad company begun after Reconstruction. The Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1880. [1] In 1884 the Central Railroad of Georgia purchased the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg prior to the route being completed. [2]