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Auction: SW1014 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 331

Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Company. Certificate 3 Shares. Mobile, 2. February 1855. #1220. The first section of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was opened in 1852 between Mobile and Citronelle, Alabama. In 1861, the line extended to Columbus, Kentucky. Steamboats were then used to connect it with the Illinois Central Railroad at Cairo. The start of the Civil War shortly after the completion of the line saw its conversion to military use and it quickly became a military target for both sides during the war. The M&O had to be almost entirely rebuilt and was placed in receivership in 1875. VF.

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