Ohio and Kentucky Railway Company Records

Collection — Container: 1

Identifier: BCA 0033 SAA 031

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of deeds, right-of-way contracts, receipts and agreements from the counties through which the O. & K. operated. Documents from Breathitt, Wolfe, and Morgan Counties are present.

Dates

created: 1899-1900

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

No restrictions other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite materials.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Ohio and Kentucky Railway was created and owned by the Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Company, a corporation that had leased about 5400 acres of cannel coal land adjacent to Caney, Morgan County (Kentucky). Construction of the railroad began in 1899 at the O. & K. Junction, one mile west of Jackson in Breathitt County, and continuing 26 miles to Cannel City in Morgan County, completion of this section being accomplished in 1901. Both freight and passenger runs were made, as well as so-called "mixed" trains. The O. & K. expanded their line to Caney and the Licking River, beginning the extension in 1910 and completing it in 1911, resulting in a total length of 40 miles. With the decline of cannel coal and timber resources, as well as the advent of passable roads in Breathitt and Wolfe Counties, the O. & K. slowly curbed operations until 1933 when the line was scrapped.