Houston and Texas Central Railroad

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The Houston and Texas Central Railroad was a major 19th-century Texas rail line that played a key role in opening up the state’s interior to settlement, commerce, and economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
category Defunct Texas railroads ⓘ
Rail transportation in Texas ⓘ
connectedTo Gulf of Mexico trade via Houston ⓘ
contributedTo agricultural expansion in interior Texas ⓘ
commercial development in interior Texas ⓘ
urban growth in Dallas ⓘ
urban growth in Houston ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicRole integrated Texas interior into national markets ⓘ
era post–Civil War expansion of railroads in Texas ⓘ
function freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Houston, Texas ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
impact linked rural Texas to Gulf Coast ports ⓘ
stimulated town formation along its route ⓘ
importance key trunk line in Texas rail network ⓘ
one of the major early railroads in Texas ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
mainTerminus Houston, Texas ⓘ
namedAfter Houston, Texas ⓘ
ownership privately owned railroad ⓘ
role facilitated commerce in Texas ⓘ
opened interior Texas to settlement ⓘ
supported economic development in Texas ⓘ
route Houston–Austin corridor ⓘ
Houston–Dallas corridor ⓘ
linked to: Houston–Dallas
servedCity Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin

Dallas, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Dallas

Houston, Texas ⓘ
servedRegion Central Texas ⓘ
linked to: central Texas

East Texas ⓘ
North Texas ⓘ
Texas Blackland Prairie ⓘ
linked to: Blackland Prairie
startPoint Houston, Texas ⓘ
trackType single-track main line sections ⓘ
transported agricultural products ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
usedTechnology steam locomotives ⓘ

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Ennis → railroadHistory → Houston and Texas Central Railroad ⓘ
Texas and New Orleans Railroad → predecessor → Houston and Texas Central Railway ⓘ
linked to: Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Union Station (Houston) → servedRailroad → Houston and Texas Central Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Station
linked to: Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Millican, Texas → servedByRailroad → Houston and Texas Central Railway ⓘ
linked to: Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Hempstead, Texas → hasRailHistoryWith → Houston and Texas Central Railway ⓘ
linked to: Houston and Texas Central Railroad