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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
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.
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]
Aiken is the most populous city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. [9][10] According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, [11] making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William ...
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.
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.
Congressional district. 2nd. Website. www.aikencountysc.gov. Aiken County (/ ˈeɪkən /) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168,808. [ 1 ] Its county seat and largest community is Aiken. [ 2 ] Aiken County is a part of the Augusta - Richmond County, GA -SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) [1] The South Carolina Rail Road Company was a railroad company that operated in South Carolina from 1843 to 1894, when it was succeeded by the Southern Railway. It was formed in 1844 by the merger of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company (SCC&RR) into the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company.