West Feliciana Railroad - Woodville, MS
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jdwms_1950
N 31° 05.485 W 091° 17.615
15R E 662760 N 3440985
West Feliciana Railroad - Woodville, MS
Waymark Code: WMJHRE
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2013
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West Feliciana Railroad
The West Feliciana Railroad line was built in this area between 1828 and 1842 to haul cotton from Woodville to the Bayou Sara Landing on the Mississippi River. The West Feliciana Railroad was the first line chartered in Mississippi, in 1831, and the fifth in the United States. It was the first standard-gauge railroad in the South. The West Feliciana Railroad was purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1892 and abandoned in 1978.
Date Installed:: 2011
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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