Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad

In 1885, the South Carolina General Assembly issued a charter for the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad,[1] and the line was officially christened on Christmas Day 1885.

In 1890, work began on the track and by July 1891, the line was complete from Columbia through Newberry to Dover Junction, nearly 65 miles (105 km) north of the state capital.

The CN&L ran daily passenger trains from Union Station in Columbia to Laurens, always pulled by steam until the early 1930s, when it switched to its own station in Columbia at 630 Gervais Street.

Towns such as Irmo, Chapin, Little Mountain, Prosperity and Joanna owe their existence in part to their locations along the CN&L.

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