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with no direct company terminal as at Tampa, served Boston and Canadian points at Halifax, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island. Advertising touted "Plant Steamship Line — Ships ply between the ports of 3 great nations: United States (Port Tampa, Key West, Mobile, Boston), England (Dominion of Canada), Spain (Cuba)."
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Associated with the railroad were the Plant Steamship Line and Canada Atlantic and Plant Steamship Co., Ltd., both with Henry B. Plant as chief officer. The Tampa based steamships served Cuba by way of Key West, Mobile, Alabama, and two local routes. The Canada Atlantic and Plant Steamship Co., Ltd.,
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In 1902 the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad acquired the entire Plant System, connecting at Charleston, SC. The components were soon merged into the ACL. The system has since become part of
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and reorganized it as the Florida Southern Railroad. At this time, the Florida Southern system stretched from the south end of the Plant System at Gainesville south via
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north to the Georgia state line, connecting to branches from Thomasville, Georgia. The Tallahassee Branch was never built, but the Monticello Branch opened in 1888.
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Guide to southern Georgia and Florida: containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid, or immigrant, and how to reach them
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The various lines of the SF&W were consolidated into one company in 1884. Specifically, the following companies lost their corporate existence:
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Savannah, Florida & Western Railway's Locomotive No. 110, built in 1900. In a 1901 test, sister engine No. 111 averaged 120mph for 5 miles.
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was formed in 1882 to lease and buy other railroads and expand the system. Other major lines incorporated into the system include the
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area was acquired in 1896, its line north of the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad was abandoned, and its remaining track from
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went into receivership and remained so for two years. During this time, its Charlotte Harbor branch operated independently and
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to Jesup on the SF&W mainline, allowing trains to bypass Waycross and save 19 mi (31 km) over the old route.
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were chartered in 1881 to continue the short Florida Branch south from Live Oak further into Florida (eventually reaching
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On May 30, 1887, Florida state law chapter 3794 was approved, authorizing the SF&W to build lines from
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was incorporated in 1893, running northeast from the South Florida Railroad in Tampa to the small town of
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Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad and Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad (Florida Division)
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in 1896, and the two were merged into the Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad in 1900.
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to continue this line, but was unsuccessful, and on May 4, 1883, he bought 3/5 of the stock of the
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on January 1, 1877, and Henry Plant bought it on November 4, 1879, reorganizing it as the
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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Jacksonville Division and Tampa Division Timetable (1977)
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in southeast Georgia in 1901. This ran from the old Waycross and Florida Railroad at
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were chartered in February 1880, forming the Georgia and Florida parts of the "
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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Savannah and Waycross Division Timetable (1982)
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Waycross and Florida Railroad and East Florida Railway (Waycross Short Line)
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railga.com, Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Retrieved 2008-03-24
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was formed in 1882 to lease and buy other railroads and expand the system.
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Traveler's Official Railway Guide for the United States, Canada and Mexico
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in July 1890. That line continued the main line from Bainbridge west to
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In 1901, the following companies were also merged into the SF&W:
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was chartered in 1877 and opened in 1892, running from Ocala west to
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The Plant System built the nearly straight 54 mi (87 km)
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In 1901, the Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad, the
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on the main line southwest to the Florida state line, where the
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Southern Division Timetable (1949)
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Tap Lines: Shortline & Industrial Railroading in the South
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over the South Florida Railroad's Pemberton Ferry Branch, to
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Confederate Railroads - Savannah, Albany & Gulf Railroad
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Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Florida)
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Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists (Georgia)
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Chattahoochee and East Pass Railroad (Chattahoochee Branch)
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Glover, F. H. "Henry B. Plant - Genius of the West Coast"
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junction with Savannah, Hinesville and Western Railway
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Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs
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Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage - Plant System
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Confederate Railroads - Atlantic & Gulf Railroad
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That line, running from the main line at 42:Map of Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 2242: 637:, became part of the Plant System in 1896. 253:(operated by the C&S) connected to the 2438:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2211: 484:Expansion into Alabama and central Florida 1525:junction with Pelham and Havana Railroad 2584:1881 establishments in the United States 2579:5 ft gauge railways in the United States 2574:3 ft gauge railways in the United States 2569:Railway companies disestablished in 1902 752:Jacksonville and St. Johns River Railway 740:Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway 391:Advertising trade card for the railroad. 386: 282: 161: 153: 1366:Valdosta, Moultrie and Western Railroad 932:Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad 604:Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad 2554:Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads 2531: 1659:Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway 1397:junction with South Georgia Railroad ( 1353:Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway 2564:Railway companies established in 1894 2338: 2290: 2202: 2200: 2188: 2186: 1745:Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad 794:Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 687:, leaving the remaining section from 324:Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad 232:Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 196:Savannah, Florida and Western Railway 2084:Florida Central and Western Railroad 1952:Florida Central and Western Railroad 1857:Georgia Florida and Alabama Railroad 1708:Georgia Southern and Florida Railway 1634: 1493:Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway 1343:Georgia Southern and Florida Railway 317:Florida Central and Western Railroad 301:Chattahoochee and East Pass Railroad 2409:Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1879), 2341:"Traveler's Official Railway Guide" 2293:"Traveler's Official Railway Guide" 2157:History of the Orange Belt Railroad 2123:"THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE RACE OF 1901" 1577:Georgia Florida and Alabama Railway 1553:junction with Chattahoochee Branch 1012:Georgia Coast and Piedmont Railroad 659:Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad 13: 2402: 2197: 2183: 2100: 820: 413:, opened in the late 1850s as the 14: 2595: 2515:Sunland: The Magazine of Florida 2471: 452:; it had previously consisted of 309:Louisville and Nashville Railroad 2559:Defunct South Carolina railroads 1131:Brunswick and Birmingham Railway 874:Savannah and Atlantic Railroad ( 865:Charleston and Savannah Railroad 627:Winston and Bone Valley Railroad 239:Savannah and Charleston Railroad 208:Savannah and Charleston Railroad 32: 2332: 2284: 2273: 1937:Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad 1311:junction with Lakeland Railway 1240:(SF&W, abandoned ca. 1871) 809:Charleston and Savannah Railway 792:were all consolidated into the 642:Tampa and Thonotosassa Railroad 417:, was bought by Plant in 1884. 313:Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad 243:Charleston and Savannah Railway 2413:(5th ed.), Savannah, Ga, 2172: 2161: 2150: 2139: 2127: 2116: 1947:Apalachicola Northern Railroad 1755:Pensacola and Georgia Railroad 1280:junction with Florida Division 1194:Brunswick and Western Railroad 806:Brunswick and Western Railroad 415:Brunswick and Florida Railroad 411:Brunswick and Western Railroad 377:from Jacksonville to Sanford. 338:). Plant tried to acquire the 212:Brunswick and Western Railroad 1: 2453:of the Plant Line, 1885–1931" 2397:CSX Transportation Timetables 2109: 1238:Brunswick and Albany Railroad 1188:Waycross and Florida Railroad 262:Waycross and Florida Railroad 21:Plant system (disambiguation) 1333:Georgia and Florida Railroad 1067:Macon and Brunswick Railroad 954:later renamed Richmond Hill 746:(which had been sold to the 547:this portion of the line to 524:Southwestern Alabama Railway 373:, was via steamboats on the 192:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 79:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 7: 2506:University of South Florida 2502:Plant Railway System Papers 2497:University of South Florida 1764:Live Oak and Perry Railroad 1585:Bainbridge Northern Railway 896:Georgia and Alabama Railway 742:, except for the branch to 695:in its original gauge. 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Index

Plant system (disambiguation)

United States
Atlantic
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Track gauge
standard gauge
3 ft
5 ft


Henry B. Plant
railroads
steamboats
U.S. South
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Georgia
Savannah and Charleston Railroad
Brunswick and Western Railroad
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
bankrupt
Savannah and Charleston Railroad
Charleston, South Carolina
Ashley River Railroad
Northeastern Railroad
Waycross Short Line
Waycross
Jacksonville, Florida

Climax

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