Talk:South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
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Hi -- great to see an article on SCCRR. I am interested in why you wrote it "may" have been the longest in the world in 1833 -- I didn't want to edit in case you had better information. Donald Grinde writes that “When complete the Charleston to Hamburg line was the longest railroad in the world under one management." (“Building the South Carolina Railroad.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 77 (April 1976): 92). I am not sure why he put the "one management" qualifer in there. The Manchester and Liverpool would not have been anywhere close to that mileage in 1833. I can't think of any other competitors in the states, either, although the B&O would have overtaken it within a decade. Thanks. Radar1 16:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for your interest. I have heard 'the longest' repeated many times _by_local_sources_ but have not been able to confirm that from a detached authority.Hughespj 15:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
