Dataset: Passengers on the South Carolina Railroad, 1834-1857
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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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Railroads
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
United States History
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
United States History
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south carolina
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2016-04-04
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Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Related resources
Aaron W. Marrs, Railroads in the Old South: Pursuing Progress in a Slave Society (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), page 137 (table 11).
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Abstract
This dataset provides monthly statistics for passengers on the South Carolina Railroad and its predecessor companies, as given in the annual or semi-annual reports of those companies. The South Carolina Railroad initially ran from Charleston to Hamburg, SC, and was completed in 1833. A branch to Columbia opened in 1842 and to Camden in 1848.
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Data is only available for May-October in 1834, July-December in 1835, and January-June in 1843.