Tag: NE depot (Charleston SC)

Wikipedia says: The Northeastern Railroad was a 103-mile (166 km) 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge railroad that served South Carolina in the second half of the 19th century.

Chartered in 1851, it was completed in 1856 and ran from Charleston, South Carolina, to Florence, South Carolina, connecting with the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.

The lines original Charleston station was located on Chapel Street near what is now the Charleston Historic District.

The Northeastern Railroad jointly leased the Central Railroad of South Carolina with Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.