Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad was a railway line which ran from
Trinway, Ohio, to
Morrow, Ohio
Morrow is a village in Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,188 at the 2010 census.
History
Morrow was platted in 1845, when the railroad was extended to that point. The village is named for Jeremiah Morrow ...
, and connected with the
Steubenville and Indiana Railway at Trinway. The railroad depended on trackage rights with the Little Miami Railroad at Morrow to connect to Cincinnati. Built in 1866 by
George Willison Adams
Prospect Place, also known as Trinway Mansion and Prospect Place Mansion, is a 29-room mansion built by abolitionist George Willison Adams (G. W. Adams) in Trinway, Ohio, just north of Dresden in 1856. Today, it is the home of the non-profit ...
, this railway was in operation until the 1970s. The C&MV merged with the
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad in 1911.
After the 1950s the line no longer carried passenger service but carried only freight.
References
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Defunct Ohio railroads
Railway companies established in 1898
Railway companies disestablished in 1911
Predecessors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
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