| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Tennessee |
| Dates of operation | 1856–1877 |
| Successor | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Seaboard System Railroad Company |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 5 ft (1,524 mm) |
The McMinnville and Manchester Railroad Company was chartered by an Act of the legislature of the State of Tennessee on February 4, 1850.[1] Under this charter, the railroad company built a line of railroad from McMinnville, Tennessee. southwesterly through Manchester, Tennessee. to Tullahoma, Tennessee, where it connected with the railroad line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company.[2]
The McMinnville and Manchester company opened 34.2 miles (55.0 km) of 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge railroad between McMinnville and Tullahoma in November 1856.[1] In the absence of any contract with the original owner that differed with the franchises granted by law, the railroad was entitled to a right-of-way extended 100 feet (30.5 m) on either side of the center of the railroad line.[3]
- ^ a b Poor, Henry V. Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States, 1885. New York: H.V. & H.W. Poor, 1885. OCLC 504727008. p. 489.
- ^ DeBow, James Dunwoody Brownson. Legal history of the Entire System of Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. and Possessions. Nashville, TN: Press of Marshall & Bruce Co., 1900. OCLC 6480550. Retrieved June 22, 2015. p. 170.
- ^ Debow, 1900, p. 169.