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HISTORY

The Ohio and Indianapolis Railroad was chartered February 3 , 1832 to build from Indianapolis, Indiana south to the Ohio River at Jeffersonville . The company was not organized until March 17 , 1848 , and on February 3 , 1849 it was renamed the '''Jeffersonville Railroad'''.

The first section, from Jeffersonville north to Vienna , opened by 1851 . That year it leased the Shelbyville And Knightstown Railroad , starting to operate it in 1852 . The line opened north to Columbus August 1852 , and on September 1 , 1852 it began operating the Rushville And Shelbyville Railroad under lease.


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