The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad was first chartered in 1850 and operated from 1882 to 1925 entirely within the state of Mississippi, headquartered in Gulfport, which it built to open the region's yellow pine forests to commercial harvest and to develop as a shipping port. The Illinois Central Railroad acquired the company in 1925, and its line later became part of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad, which merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1940.
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1. Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (Wikipedia)
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1925
Operates In: Railroad Industry, Lead
The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (G&SI) was constructed in the state of Mississippi, USA, at the turn of the 20th century to open a vast expanse of southern yellow pine forests for commercial harvest.
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Defunct railroad in Mississippi
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inception: 1887
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