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New page: 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 [[Pensaco...
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]] 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]].
The railroad line and all of its franchises were sold to [[A. E. Maxwell]] on [[August 7]], [[1872]], who resold the line to the [[Pensacola & Louisville Railroad Company]] on [[December 10]] of the same year.
==References==
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*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=q07giNkZ7m8C United States Supreme Court Records]'', 1901.
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[[Category:Railroads]]
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]].
The railroad line and all of its franchises were sold to [[A. E. Maxwell]] on [[August 7]], [[1872]], who resold the line to the [[Pensacola & Louisville Railroad Company]] on [[December 10]] of the same year.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=q07giNkZ7m8C United States Supreme Court Records]'', 1901.
{{refend}}
[[Category:Railroads]]
