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South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company Original Track Location

Orangeburg County · dedicated 1970 · at the Branchville Depot, 110 N. Main St. (U.S. Hwy. 21), Branchville, Branchville

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Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world's longest railroad. Now part of Southern Railway System.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History

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