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The '''Alabama & Florida Railroad Company''' was a railroad company incorporated by an act of legislature on [[January 8]], [[1853]], with the purpose of building a railroad from [[Pensacola Bay]] north to the Florida-Alabama border, which would lead thence northward to Montgomery.
The construction of the railroad became eligible for financial assistance from the [[Internal Improvement Act of 1855]]. Engineer [[William H. Chase]] resigned from military service in [[1856]] to become president of the company. The line was completed around January 1, [[1860]].