Alabama Department of Archives and History, The Bronze Panel Doors at the Archives, First Railroad in Alabama

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The Bronze Panel Doors at the Archives

First Railroad in Alabama

The General Assembly of Alabama in 1830 chartered the first railroad in the state. Constructed over a two-year period, the Tuscumbia Railroad connected the town of Tuscumbia to a point on the Tennessee River (the site of present-day Sheffield), a distance of less than two miles.

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Updated: July 15, 2010

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