Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad explained

The Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad was a railroad in South Carolina that operated in the early part of the 20th century.

History

The Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad was chartered by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1905.^[1]

The railroad was built by the Eddy Lake Cypress Company into Gunters Island, to harvest lumber.^[2]

The line was to be 35 miles in length, stretching from Eddy Lake in Horry County to Marion, South Carolina.^[3]

According to the Railway Age Gazette, by 1907 the company had completed 15 miles of track from Eddy Lake to Browns Swamp, South Carolina, and had awarded contracts to build another 20 miles on to Marion.^[4]

In 1915, the company filed for a 10-year extension so as to have time to complete the line.^[5]

It's unclear if the line to Marion was ever completed or when the line was abandoneded.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=fAYcWBZAAhsC&q=%22Eddy+Lake+and+Northern+Railroad%22%2F&pg=PA282 Reports and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Volume 4, 1910, page 281
2. Web site: Timber and Turpentine Industries, Horry County Historical Society . 2011-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227050838/http://www.hchsonline.org/places/turpentine.html . 2011-02-27 . dead .
3. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schorryh/HH-11-9-1905-1-1.htm/ New Railroad in Horry, The Horry Herald, November 9, 1905
4. http://www06.us.archive.org/stream/railwayage42newy/railwayage42newy_djvu.txt/ Railway Age Gazette, 1907
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=3bElAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Eddy+Lake+%26+Northern%22%2F&pg=PA301 Railway Age Gazette, Volume 59, 1915, page 301