The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad was an American railroad company that linked Augusta, Georgia, with Greenwood, South Carolina, over roughly 66 miles of track in the early 1880s. It was chartered in 1877 and incorporated in 1880, and it took over the unfinished grade begun by the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. The full line opened with a ceremonial first train on April 28, 1882, and regular passenger service began in May of that year. The company was leased to the Port Royal and Augusta Railway in 1883, and after bondholders sued to set the lease aside, it was merged in October 1886 with three other companies to form the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway, which was reorganized in 1896 as the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway.
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The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad (A&K) was a railroad company that operated on 66 miles (106 km) of track between Augusta, Georgia, and Greenwood, South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886.
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incorporated on February 3, 1880
History, merger
on October 27, 1886, the A&K was merged with the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, Greenville and Laurens Railroad and the Savannah Valley Railroad to form the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
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The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad (A&K) was a railroad company that operated on 66 miles (106 km) of track between Augusta, Georgia, and Greenwood, South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886.
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