Knoxville, Sevier & Eastern Railway

Knoxville, Sevier & Eastern Railway is a Tennessee historical marker in UNION COUNTIES, Sevier County.

Sevier Co., Southwest corner of Eastern Railway Intersection US441 & S.R., Sevierville HISTORICAL MARKERS INVENTORY ANDERSON, CAMPBELL, CLAIBORNE, UNION COUNTIES

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The eastern terminal of this 28-mile shortline stood southwest of this site. It was established in 1907 by Knoxville industrialist W.J. Oliver and constructed by his firm. The KS & E and its successor companies were dubbed "Knoxville, Slow & Easy." The line aided the economic growth of Sevier County and was essential to the construction of Douglas Dam during World War II. Later known as the Smoky Mountain Railroad, it ceased operations in 1961.

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1886 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Knoxville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Kentucky, Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1926 · Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina-Tennessee / engraved and… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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Knoxville, Sevier & Eastern Railway

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