- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Western and Atlantic Railroad
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1884-04
- Subject:
- Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Laborers--Georgia
African Americans--1880-1890
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Waterspout on the W&A R.R. Noonday Fill Washout (looking east) 77 feet deep. About 100 feet wide. Embankment at the base about 250 feet thick. Ruins of the south end of the Kimball trestle seen at the top. At the bottom of the picture is seen some of the water of the pond, which is about a dozen acres on the west side of the embankment, and was in places over 20 feet deep. 25 1/2 miles from Atlanta. Rainfall 12 1/2 inches at Marietta (5 1/2 miles distant) that night (April 14-15-1884).
View of railroad workers, some African American, inside a sink hole that was created by heavy rainfall near Marietta, Georgia.
Railroads; trains; wrecks; disasters; laborers, African Americans;
The Western and Atlantic Railroad (also known as the W&A), was established by the Georgia State Legislature in 1836 and completed in 1851 thereby connecting Chattanooga, Tennessee to Terminus (later Atlanta), Georgia. The W&A was the site of Andrews Raid (also known as the Great Locomotive Chase) on April 12, 1862 during the United States Civil War. The State of Georgia retains ownership to the W&A and is currently leasing the line’s operation to CSX Transportation until 2019. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4008.001
ahc1704008001a - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1423
- 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:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
