Marseilles Extension Railway and Land Company Ltd

Registered in England in 1864 to build a 9 mile line from the Old Port to Podestat and to acquire land either side of its route for building. The company borrowed funds from the Credit Foncier and Mobilier in 1865 and 1866 to speculate on their own shares. The general collapse of financial companies in 1866 started by Overend Gurney saw the liquidation of the CF & M and also this company which failed to build anything! Dissolved <1916. Company number 1782C.
Capital £400,000 in shares of £20.