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#REDIRECT [[Georgia Florida and Alabama Railroad]]
The '''Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad''' was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of [[Florida]] by [[Charles H. Adams]] of the [[City of New York]], [[John E. Page]] of [[Albany, New York]], [[Edward Danforth]] of [[Elmira, New York]], [[William V. Page]] of [[Albany, New York]], [[Edward Lewis (Tallahassee)|Edward Lewis]] of [[Tallahassee, Florida]], [[Auther P. Wright]] of [[Thomasville, Georgia]], [[C. D. McDougall]] of [[Auburn, New York]] and [[J. Edmund Page]] of [[Albany, New York]],
* to build, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point on the line between the cities of [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], in the State of [[Florida]], and [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]], in the State of [[Georgia (state)|Georgia]], through the counties of [[Leon County, Florida|Leon]], [[Wakulla County, Florida|Wakulla]] and [[Franklin County, Florida|Franklin]], in the State of [[Florida]], passing through [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]] and terminating on the waters of the [[Gulf of Mexico]], at or near [[Carrabelle, Florida|Carrabelle]], on [[James's Island]], in [[Franklin County, Florida|Franklin county]], a distance of about seventy miles.
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[[Florida]] state law chapter 3494, approved [[February 7]], [[1883]], granted land to the Thomasville, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad Company, provided it was built in [[standard gauge]].
[[Category: Defunct Florida railroads]] ▼
[[Category:Predecessors of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad]]
[[Florida]] state law chapter 3643, approved [[February 10]], [[1885]], amended chapter 3494 to require the railroad to begin contstruction within six months; any sections completed after five years would not receive [[land grant]]s.
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1882]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1888]]
[[Florida]] state law chapter 3791, approved [[May 19]], [[1887]], changed the deadline for commencement to within three months of [[June 1]], [[1887]], with at least five miles completed within six months, and no [[land grant]]s given for any section completed after 18 months.
[[Category:Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) railroads]]
▲[[Category:Florida railroads]]
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