- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Zero Mile Post
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Subject:
- Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Monuments and memorials--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Central Avenue, 33.653125, -84.396762 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Zero Mile Post, Atlanta's oldest landmark, dating back to 1850, standing at the railroad track under the Central Avenue viaduct in Atlanta, Georgia
post, Stephen Harriman Long, Terminus, Georgia railroad, Forsyth, Magnolia, marker, notice; Georgia Historical Commission
The Zero Mile Post marks the Southeastern Terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad as it stood in 1842. A settlement began around the 1842 location, known as Terminus, and later incorporated as Marthasville in 1843. In 1847 the name was changed to Atlanta, and the city limits were defined on a radius from the post marker. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1617.001
ahc1701617001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1281
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
