Maysville & Lexington Rail Road Co. Northern Division Stock Certificate (1870's)

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Maysville & Lexington Rail Road Co. Northern Division Stock Certificate
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The Maysville & Lexington Railroad Company was chartered by the Legislature of Kentucky on March 4, 1850.  The line intended to maintain the existing trade with Eastern markets, shipped downriver to Maysville (on the Ohio River) and then to Lexington and Central Kentucky.
In 1853, the company built the line from Lexington to Paris (18 miles.)  In December 1853, the first train completed the Lexington to Paris run.  Two roundtrips were scheduled daily. In 1854, further construction from Paris to Maysville was delayed by financial problems and later the Civil War.
The Lexington to Paris right-of-way was leased in 1854 to the Covington & Lexington Railroad. In January 1855, the Lexington to Paris line was widened to accommodate the locomotives and rolling stock of the Covington line.  The consolidated line in 1855 began operating without transfers (at Paris) from Lexington to the Ohio River, at Covington.
In 1856 the company failed and was subsequently re-established as two separate companies – Northern and a Southern divisions.
Both divisions were eventually incorporated into the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
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