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Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway

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The Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway (PR&WC) was a railroad company in the southern United States that operated 229 miles of 4 foot 9 inch gauge track. It was formed in 1886 by the merger of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad, the Savannah Valley Railroad and the Greenville and Laurens Railroad, which then joined with the Port Royal and Augusta Railway. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Company Type (category)
Railway Company 2
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1896 1
Founded Year
1886 1
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The Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway (PR&WC) was a railroad company in the southern United States that operated on 229 miles (369 km) of 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) gauge track.
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