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The Memphis and Charleston Railroad completed in 1857 was the first railroad in the United States to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River. Chartered in 1846 the 311 miles (501 km) 5 ft (1524 mm) gauge railroad ran from Memphis Tennessee to Stevenson Alabama through the towns of Corinth Mississippi and Huntsville Alabama. The portion between Memphis and LaGrange Tennessee was originally to be part of the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad chartered in 1838.
