Tuscumbia Railway First Railroad west of the Alleghenies
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Markerman62
N 34° 43.950 W 087° 42.724
16S E 434811 N 3843609
In Tuscumbia about the first railroad west of the Alleghenies.
Waymark Code: WMNGK6
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2015
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1832 ~ begun here; completed to Decatur, 45 miles east, in 1834.
Cotton shipped by this line around nearby Muscle Shoals, then by boat down Tennessee ~ Mississippi R to world markets.
1851 ~ expanded to Memphis ~ Charleston RR. A vital line in Civil War, it changed hands several times.
1898 ~ became part of Southern Railways.
Marker Name: Tuscumbia Railway
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
http://alabama.travel/places-to-go/historic-tuscumbia-railway-depot
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1956
Marker Number: Not listed
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