Experimental Railroad

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The Experimental Railroad was a horse-driven railroad in Raleigh, North Carolina built in 1833 to transport granite for the North Carolina State Capitol from a quarry one mile away in southeast Raleigh.[1] It is considered North Carolina's first railroad.[2]

North Carolina's first self-powered railroad was the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, built in 1840.[3]


[edit] References

  1. ^ |North Carolina Office of Archives and History - Marker: H-22
  2. ^ North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division
  3. ^ North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division


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