- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, Georgia, ca. 1905]
- Date of Original:
- 1905
- Subject:
- Architecture--Georgia--Tunnel Hill
Armed Forces--Georgia--Tunnel Hill
Transportation--Georgia--Tunnel Hill - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Tunnel Hill, 34.84063, -85.04273
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Tunnel Hill, ca. 1905. This tunnel was cut through Chetoogeta Mountain as part of the construction of the Western & Atlantic Railroad which ran from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn. The first train of cars passed through it in 1850. During the Civil War the two locomotives involved in Andrew's Raid passed through the tunnel. The tunnel is no longer in use.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wtf224
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wtf224
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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