184:
35:. Its business office was in the Hays building at the corner of Main and Church streets in Bamberg. The depot and loading platforms were where Rockland Bleach & Dye Works (formerly Bamberg Textile Mill) now has its factory on Calhoun Street (circa 2003). The tracks ran down Calhoun Street, forming a "Y" at the present Calhoun and Log Branch streets. A spur track also ran from the Southern Railway tracks to connect with the B. E. & W.
131:
42:(ACL) as part of their branch from Green Pond to Ehrhardt. After the ACL lease, it operated as the B. E. & W. It hauled as many as 15,000 bales of cotton in a season, and as many as 100 cars of watermelons in one day. Cotton, fertilizer, forest products and truck crops comprised the majority of the freight. Due to severe financial difficulties, on November 16, 1939, it entered receivership and ceased being a public carrier.
225:
269:
31:. In 1915, the line, built largely with Bamberg capital, opened rail communication between the two Bamberg, SC county towns. It was never extended to
254:
274:
168:
259:
264:
249:
279:
218:
244:
211:
20:(B. E. & W.) was a South Carolina short-line railroad that operated in central South Carolina in the early 20th century.
161:
100:
73:
199:
142:
154:
39:
32:
28:
24:
23:
Chartered by the South
Carolina legislature in 1906, and completed in 1914, it was built between
8:
79:
69:
195:
191:
138:
104:
68:(1st ed.). The Historic Society of Bamberg County. pp. 126–127, 149.
38:
For about a year and a half after its construction, the line was leased to the
238:
183:
64:
Margaret Spann
Lawrence (compiler) (2003). Miller, Betty Jane Baker (ed.).
83:
63:
130:
236:
219:
162:
137:This United States rail–related article is a
226:
212:
169:
155:
270:American companies disestablished in 1938
66:History of Bamberg County, South Carolina
18:Bamberg, Ehrhardt and Walterboro Railroad
255:Railway companies disestablished in 1938
101:"www.oldplaces, Bamberg, South Carolina"
275:United States rail transportation stubs
260:American companies established in 1915
237:
265:1906 establishments in South Carolina
250:Railway companies established in 1906
190:This article about transportation in
178:
125:
95:
93:
59:
57:
55:
280:South Carolina transportation stubs
13:
14:
291:
90:
52:
245:Defunct South Carolina railroads
182:
129:
1:
45:
198:. You can help Knowledge by
141:. You can help Knowledge by
40:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
7:
10:
296:
177:
124:
33:Walterboro, South Carolina
29:Ehrhardt, South Carolina
25:Bamberg, South Carolina
207:
206:
150:
149:
287:
228:
221:
214:
186:
179:
171:
164:
157:
133:
126:
116:
115:
113:
112:
103:. Archived from
97:
88:
87:
61:
295:
294:
290:
289:
288:
286:
285:
284:
235:
234:
233:
232:
176:
175:
122:
120:
119:
110:
108:
99:
98:
91:
76:
62:
53:
48:
12:
11:
5:
293:
283:
282:
277:
272:
267:
262:
257:
252:
247:
231:
230:
223:
216:
208:
205:
204:
192:South Carolina
187:
174:
173:
166:
159:
151:
148:
147:
134:
118:
117:
89:
74:
50:
49:
47:
44:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
292:
281:
278:
276:
273:
271:
268:
266:
263:
261:
258:
256:
253:
251:
248:
246:
243:
242:
240:
229:
224:
222:
217:
215:
210:
209:
203:
201:
197:
193:
188:
185:
181:
180:
172:
167:
165:
160:
158:
153:
152:
146:
144:
140:
135:
132:
128:
127:
123:
107:on 2010-09-26
106:
102:
96:
94:
85:
81:
77:
75:0-87152-543-7
71:
67:
60:
58:
56:
51:
43:
41:
36:
34:
30:
26:
21:
19:
200:expanding it
189:
143:expanding it
136:
121:
109:. Retrieved
105:the original
65:
37:
22:
17:
15:
239:Categories
111:2011-01-01
84:2003112657
46:References
82:
72:
27:, and
194:is a
196:stub
139:stub
80:LCCN
70:ISBN
16:The
241::
92:^
78:.
54:^
227:e
220:t
213:v
202:.
170:e
163:t
156:v
145:.
114:.
86:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
