- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Builder of the Nation historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Jackson County
Steam locomotives--Georgia--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jackson County, Jefferson, 34.11705, -83.57239
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: In park with locomotive on U.S. 129 at northwestern edge of Jefferson
Text of marker: "BUILDER OF THE NATION. This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one of the last steam-powered locomotives to operate in this section of the country. It was built in 1907 and was last operated on the Gainesville Midland Railroad." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_builder-of-the-nation1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_builder-of-the-nation1
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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