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The railroad's impact on Knoxville's development was swift. The city's population more than doubled from just over 2,000 in 1850 to over 4,000 in 1860. [6] After the war, the city's wholesaling sector expanded rapidly. By the early 1870s, the Knoxville wholesaling firm, Cowan, McClung and Company, was Tennessee's most profitable company. [7]
The Tennessee Central Railway was founded in 1884 as the Nashville and Knoxville Railroad by Alexander S. Crawford. It was an attempt to open up a rail route from the coal and minerals of East Tennessee to the markets of the midstate, a service which many businessmen felt was not being adequately provided by the existing railroad companies.
The Little River Railroad ("the LRR") was established as a subsidiary of the Little River Lumber Company on November 21, 1901. Colonel W. B. Townsend was the owner of both entities. The LRR was primarily a logging railroad. The Little River Lumber Company owned over 76,000 acres (31,000 ha) of prime forest land in Blount and Sevier counties.
The company expanded its Knoxville mill in the 1870s, most notably with the addition of a nail factory in 1875. [9] By 1895, Knoxville Iron's mill was producing over 15,000 tons of iron per year, and employed over 200 workers. [9] The company's products included bar iron, railroad spikes, channel iron, and track rails for use in mines. [9]
A. Gordon Heins III told Knox News at the time that his family-owned AG Heins business, which has provided building materials in Knoxville for more than 100 years, was seeing price increases of up ...
The buildings were listed for their architecture and their role in Knoxville's late-19th and early-20th century wholesaling industry. [1] The district's original 1973 listing included the warehouses on the north side of West Jackson Avenue (i.e., 103, 121-123, 125-127, and 129-131) and Sullivan's Saloon (100 East Jackson).
The line connected with the Southern Railway at Knoxville. [2] In July 1921, the bank foreclosed on the railroad and later sold it for $50,000 to L.C. Gunter on November 1, 1921. The line was then re-organized as the Knoxville & Carolina Railroad Company. The railroad was sold again at auction for $50,000 on May 1, 1926, but since the new owner ...
When Regas closed in 2010, the Knoxville City Council adopted a resolution naming it the oldest continuously running restaurant in the state. Long history of Regas Restaurant in Knoxville involves ...