Texas Transportation Company (1866–1896)
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texas-transportation-company-1866-1896-293-3496025
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Texas Transportation Company (1866–1896)
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The Texas Transportation Company (1866–1896) was one of two railroads bearing the same name. The Texas Transportation Company gained its charter on September 6, 1866. John Thomas Brady promoted the company and some work was completed, but it did not operate as a railroad in the late-1860s. Steamboat magnate Charles Morgan purchased the company and its charter in 1876. Dissatisfied with the high cost of transferring his steamship freight to Texas through Galveston, Morgan constructed a seven-mile
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American transportation company
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Transportation_Company_(1866%E2%80%931896)
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2023-07-22T20:14:06Z
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