The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
Excel
Abstract
This dataset provides monthly income from freight on the South Carolina Railroadand its predecessor companies, as given in the annual or semi-annual reports of those companies. The annual reports broke out up and down freight separately. 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.
Time Period: Start Date of Data Collection
2004
Time Period: End Date of Data Collection
2006
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1834
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1857
Date of this Version
4-7-2016
Source(s)
Annual reports of the South Carolina Railroad and its predecessor companies.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Marrs, Aaron, "Freight income on the South Carolina Railroad, 1834-1857," 01/01/04 - 01/01/06. 14. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2016. https://repository.upenn.edu
Article Location
Date Posted: 26 May 2016
Comments
1834 is for May-October only, 1835 for July-December only, and 1843 for January-June only.