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HISTORY OF ATLANTA AND HER RAILROADS

HISTORY OF ATLANTA AND HER RAILROADS. Joe Nichols, Sr. MMR Atlanta, GA. Richard Trevethick and the first locomotive. 1804. Trevithick’s Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson and the Rocket 1825. Stephenson’s Rocket 1825. The Rainhill Trials. 1829. Baltimore and Ohio Canal,

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HISTORY OF ATLANTA AND HER RAILROADS

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  1. HISTORY OF ATLANTA AND HER RAILROADS Joe Nichols, Sr. MMR Atlanta, GA

  2. Richard Trevethick and the first locomotive. 1804

  3. Trevithick’s Locomotive

  4. George and Robert Stephenson and the Rocket 1825

  5. Stephenson’s Rocket 1825

  6. The Rainhill Trials. 1829

  7. Baltimore and Ohio Canal, Mohawk and Hudson Canal, And the South Carolina Canal Companies.

  8. South Carolina Railroad and The Best Friend of Charleston December 1832

  9. Best Friend of Charleston 1832

  10. The Georgia Railroad Chartered Dec. 22rd, 1832 James A. Camak J. Edgar Thomson

  11. Central Railroad of Georgia Monroe Railroad Chartered Dec 20th,1832

  12. The Tennessee River and The Georgia Canal

  13. Tennessee River

  14. Western and Atlantic Railroad Built by the State of Georgia.

  15. Selection of the Chief Engineer for The Western and Atlantic Railroad

  16. Whistler and McNeil considered as Chief Engineers

  17. Steven Harriman Long chosen as Chief Engineer

  18. Five possible Sites for Southern Terminus for the Western and Atlantic Railroad

  19. W & A Railroad Roundhouse

  20. W & A Railroad Offices

  21. The Florida- First Locomotive Into Terminus 1842

  22. Terminus changed to Marthasville 1843

  23. Georgia Railroad Reaches Marthasville December 1845

  24. Marthasville becomes Atlanta 1846

  25. J Edgar Thomson returns to Pennsylvania

  26. Western and Atlantic Railroad completed 1850

  27. New Union Station Built in Atlanta 1853

  28. Union Station 1853

  29. Evacuation of Atlanta

  30. Post War Second Union Station

  31. Post War Second Union Station

  32. Macon and Western Railroad Completed from Macon to Atlanta 1854

  33. Macon & Western Station

  34. Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad Completed from Atlanta to West Point 1858

  35. Atlanta becomes The Crossroads of the South

  36. HISTORY OF ATLANTA & HER RAILROADS Joe Nichols, Sr. MMR Atlanta, GA Thank You For Attending Our Clinic Today. Questions?

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