- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- (Georgia Railraod and Banking Company) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Richmond County
Railroads--Georgia--Augusta
Banks and banking--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: At 1st Union Bank, Broad Street at Seventh, Augusta
Text of marker: "2,200 feet to the southwest at a place indicated by an official marker of Georgia Historical Commission, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company on May 21, 1837 operated the first railroad in Georgia. It is the oldest railroad in Georgia continuously operating under its original charter which was granted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, on December 21, 1833. Though extensive portions of its lines were destroyed by Sherman, it carried without charge 100,000 Confederate soldiers to their homes after the War. It did a banking business from 1835 to 1892, which business has since been conducted by its affiliate, Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Company. It still redeems its bank notes issued during the War Between the States and, since its completion, has never failed to pay a dividend except for the last War year, 1865." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_georgia-railraod-and-banking-company
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_georgia-railraod-and-banking-company
- 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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