Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad explained

The Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad was a Southern United States railroad that served South Carolina and North Carolina in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

The line was chartered as the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad in 1873[1] and the following year it was consolidated with the Greeneville and French Broad Railroad, a North Carolina line.[2] The Greeneville and French Broad was chartered in 1854[3] to connect Greeneville, Tennessee (near the French Broad River) with destinations in North Carolina, but "anticipated costs and the U.S. Civil War caused this line to be aborted before construction ever started."[4]

The line between Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Hendersonville, North Carolina, opened in 1879.[5] It was sold under foreclosure in 1881 and reorganized under the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad that same year.[1]

The distance between Hendersonville and Asheville, North Carolina, was completed in 1886.[6] By that point, the line was operated as part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad until 1894 and controlled by the Southern Railway afterward.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of North Carolina, for the year ending ... June 13, 1891. Raleigh : J. Daniels, State printer and binder. Internet Archive.
  2. 115 US 122 Commissioners of Buncombe Co v. Tommey. United States Supreme. Court. June 13, 1885. US. 115. 122. openjurist.org. June 13, 2023. March 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230321070420/https://openjurist.org/115/us/122/commissioners-of-buncombe-co-v-tommey. live.
  3. Book: Representatives, Tennessee General Assembly House of . House Journal . 1854 . en.
  4. Web site: North Carolina Railroads - Greenville & French Broad Railroad . 2023-06-13 . www.carolana.com.
  5. Web site: General Railway Notes, South Carolina's Interests, New York Times, Jan. 31, 1880. 2018-06-15. 2022-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716054026/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/01/31/98883208.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Thomas Lanier Clingman: Fire Eater from the Carolina Mountains. Thomas E.. Jeffrey. June 13, 1998. University of Georgia Press. Google Books. June 13, 2023. April 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060200/https://books.google.com/books?id=C0Acnj3ga88C&q=%22Spartanburg+and+Asheville+Railroad%22/&pg=RA1-PA212. live.
  7. Web site: Appalachian History: Manuscript Resources in Special Collections, Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad Company. https://web.archive.org/web/20150106212846/http://spec.lib.vt.edu/appal/apunindx-1.htm/. dead. January 6, 2015.

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