Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington
Collis Potter Huntington

Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Huntington then helped lead and develop other major interstate lines such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), which he was recruited to help complete. The C&O, completed in 1873, fulfilled a long-held dream of Virginians of a rail link from the James River at Richmond to the Ohio River Valley. The new railroad facilities adjacent to the river there resulted in expansion of the former small town of Guyandotte, West Virginia into part of a new city which was named Huntington in his honor.

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Date of Birth
October 22nd, 1821
Age
203
Birth Place
United States of America, Connecticut
Date of Death
August 13rd, 1900
Died Aged
78
Star Sign
Libra
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