| 词条 | East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad |
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|railroad_name= East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad |logo_filename= |logo_size= |system_map = |map_size = |map_caption = |marks= |locale= Tennessee |predecessor_line = |successor_line = East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company |gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft|lk=on}} |start_year=1850 |end_year=1869 |hq_city= }} The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was incorporated under special act of Tennessee on January 27, 1848.[1] The company built {{convert|130.7|mi|km}} of {{Track gauge|5ft|lk=on}}[2] gauge railroad line between Knoxville, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee between 1850 and 1856.[3] East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company received a large amount of funds from sale of bonds of the State of Tennessee to aid in rehabilitation of the line after the American Civil War.[4] The State held a statutory lien on the property as security for this debt.[4] East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Company was consolidated with East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company, originally Hiwassee Rail Road Company, on November 26, 1869 to form East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company.[1] The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through its acquisition of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.[5] See also{{Portal|Railways}}
Notes1. ^1 Interstate Commerce Commission. Southern Ry. Co., Volume 37, Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports, November 6, 1931, p. 214. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. {{OCLC|297351688}}. 2. ^Confederate Railroads - East Tennessee & Virginia 3. ^ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, p. 220. 4. ^1 ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, p. 606. 5. ^ICC, Southern Ry. Co. valuation report, 1931, pp. 212, 571. References
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