Author: James Purdie McNeill Jr.

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9780656447473

Excerpt from Florence County: Economic and Social In 1853 and 1854 the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad was built and the present city of Florence had its beginning. Corps of construction working from both ends of the line met just at the termi nus of the first curve of the line going west, ou land now belonging to the estate Of William Revell. Here Samuel Muldrow kept a small eating house for passengers and employees Of the railroad company. This point was connected with Cheraw, Society Hill, Darlington, and points north by a stage line, one of the drivers being Mr. Cutts, sub sequently a passenger conductor on the railroad. Mr. E. E. Brunson and Mr. Wilden were among the first conductors. Soon afterwards the station was established at a point north Of the track and a little east of Church Street, then. Merely a settlement road. At that time the road connecting with the Camden Road south of Middle Swamp at Muldrow's Mill, and projected as the Goose Pond Road, north Of Florence, had not been established. The station was a rough warehouse with a platform, _ at one end an apartment having been cut off for a ticket office and United States Postoffice. The agent, Mr. Campbell, lived in a small house on the south side of the railroad track at a point near the present terminus Of Ravanel Street. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.