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Aiken Railway. Launched in 2012, The Aiken Railway ( reporting mark AIKR) is a short line railroad operating 19 miles of track leased from Norfolk Southern in southwestern South Carolina, in the United States. The leased track consists of 12.45 miles between Warrenville and Oakwood, and 6.45 miles between Aiken and North Aiken. [1]
Both Aiken County and its county seat of Aiken are named after William Aiken (1779–1831), the first president of the South Carolina Railroad Company. [8] Aiken County was organized during the Reconstruction era in 1871 from portions of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties. [9]
In 1879, the charter of the Edgefield Branch Railroad was amended to change the line's name to the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad Company. The Edgefield Branch Railroad was incorporated to build a railroad line between Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, to Trenton, South Carolina, where it could connect with the Charlotte, Columbia ...
Track gauge. 5 ft (1,524 mm) The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company was a railroad in South Carolina that operated independently from 1830 to 1844. One of the first railroads in North America to be chartered and constructed, it provided the first steam-powered, scheduled passenger train service in the United States.
William Aiken House, built in 1807. An octagonal wing added in 1831 but damaged in 1886 earthquake, and certain woodwork was removed in 1931. A servants wing is unchanged. A coach house at the back of gardens on the William Aiken House property; Camden Depot, a railroad depot; Deans Warehouse, built in 1856; South Carolina Railroad Warehouse
William Aiken (1779 – May 5, 1831), or William Aiken, Sr., was the founder and president of the pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company. [1] Born in County Antrim, Ireland, he immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina at age 10. He was raised Presbyterian. He married Henrietta Watt in 1801.
This South Carolina city is an underrated haven for art lovers, according to Southern Living says. See who they picked. ... Bluffton, Aiken, to name a few, have been featured in the past few weeks ...
Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina. Electric. Anderson Traction Company. Augusta–Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation. Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company. Charleston – Isle of Palms Traction Company. Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway. Piedmont and Northern Railway (P&N) Private carriers.