- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Zero Mile Post
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1970
- Subject:
- Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Historical markers--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Zero Mile Post, and its corresponding historic marker located on the first floor of the parking garage of the Georgia Building Authorities Police headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
This work is filed as an image collected by Kenneth Rogers, the photographer is unknown. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.633.01
ahc082633001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1814
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
