April 26, 2024
$1M Bd-Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago RR 1891 SC RR
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Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railway Company $1,000, 5 year Truest Certificate Incorporated: Boston, MassachusettsIssued - Dated 1891 NOTEWORTHY GREEN bordered and underprint Cert: #838 Has not been folded Has not been cancelled Has been hand signed Back is printed in brown. Note: There are 114, either an "M" or "$1,000" in the border. South Carolina Railroad Discussions of an Ohio River route to the Eastern Coast started in the 1830s, when representatives from North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky met at Gate City, Virginia. This meeting originated a plan which would allow for the construction of a railroad that closely resembled what was actually constructed over the next seventy years.Prior to the Civil War, little more than talk and plans were made, however. In 1886, a group of financiers organize the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad - also well known as the 3-Cs or Triple Cs line. Their objective was to extend a rail line from Charleston, South Carolina to Ashland, Kentucky - with the intent of tapping the rich veins of coal in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky, as well as the iron ore recently found near Cranberry, North Carolina. Construction began at Rutherfordton, North Carolina and quickly proceeded south to Camden, South Carolina by 1888. In 1889, the line was extended northward 25 miles
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