Peninsular Land, Transportation and Manufacturing Company
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Florida
state law chapter 3507, approved March 5, 1883, incorporated the Peninsular Land, Transportation and Manufacturing Company, owned by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams
, S. B. Harrington and J. L. Bryan. Among its powers was the right to open and operate a line of steamboats on the waters of the St. Johns river
, the Withlacoochee River and the Ocklawaha River
, and on the several canals of the State.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
state law chapter 3507, approved March 5, 1883, incorporated the Peninsular Land, Transportation and Manufacturing Company, owned by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams
Alexander St. Clair-Abrams
Alexander St. Clair-Abrams was a writer who owned newspapers and railroads in the Southern United States and also published under the names A.S. Abrams and A. Sinclair Abrams.-Civil War:...
, S. B. Harrington and J. L. Bryan. Among its powers was the right to open and operate a line of steamboats on the waters of the St. Johns river
St. Johns River
The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant for commercial and recreational use. At long, it winds through or borders twelve counties, three of which are the state's largest. The drop in elevation from the headwaters to the mouth is less than ;...
, the Withlacoochee River and the Ocklawaha River
Ocklawaha River
The Ocklawaha River flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. Its name is a corruption of ak-lowahe, Creek for "muddy"....
, and on the several canals of the State.