Incorporated on January 13, 1832, the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad was a railroad in Alabama, the United States. The Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad ran from Decatur in Morgan County through the northern half of Lawrence County through Courtland, then into Colbert County and ended in Tuscumbia, Alabama where it connected to the Tuscumbia Railway Company.
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| - Incorporated on January 13, 1832, the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad was a railroad in Alabama, the United States. The Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad ran from Decatur in Morgan County through the northern half of Lawrence County through Courtland, then into Colbert County and ended in Tuscumbia, Alabama where it connected to the Tuscumbia Railway Company. (en)
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| - Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area
- Decatur, Alabama
- United States
- North Alabama
- Courtland, Alabama
- Memphis and Charleston Railroad
- Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area
- Colbert County, Alabama
- Morgan County, Alabama
- Leighton, Alabama
- Defunct Alabama railroads
- Tuscumbia, Alabama
- Alabama
- 5 ft gauge railways in the United States
- Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama
- Landmarks in Alabama
- Predecessors of the Southern Railway (U.S.)
- Transportation in Colbert County, Alabama
- Transportation in Lawrence County, Alabama
- Transportation in Morgan County, Alabama
- Railway companies established in 1832
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- American companies established in 1832
- Tennessee River
- Decatur, Alabama
- Lawrence County, Alabama
- Railway companies disestablished in 1847
- Southern Railway (US)
- Railroad
- The Shoals
- Oldest railroads in North America
- Tuscumbia Railway Company
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| - Incorporated on January 13, 1832, the Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad was a railroad in Alabama, the United States. The Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad ran from Decatur in Morgan County through the northern half of Lawrence County through Courtland, then into Colbert County and ended in Tuscumbia, Alabama where it connected to the Tuscumbia Railway Company. Construction began in mid-1832, the first segment between Tuscumbia and Leighton was completed in November of that year. Traffic between those two cities began at the day of completion. The second segment between Leighton and Decatur was completed in June 1834. Construction was speedy because of the large cotton industry in North Alabama. Barges could not pass through the rapids caused by the Shoals along the Tennessee River between Florence, and Decatur. The Shoals Canal was congested and the state pursued funding for a railroad between The Shoals and the calmer waters in Decatur. In 1850 it was incorporated into the Memphis and Charleston Railroad which eventually merged into the Southern Railway, a predecessor of Norfolk Southern. The line is still operated by Norfolk Southern Railway and serves as a vital railroad link between The Shoals, and the city of Decatur. (en)
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