- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lemuel Grant
- Date of Original:
- 1902
- Subject:
- Engineers--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad engineers--Georgia--Atlanta
Philanthropists--Georgia--Atlanta
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees--Georgia--Atlanta
Civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Grant, Lemuel Pratt, 1817-1893 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A railroad engineer, Lemuel Grant designed the fortifications for Atlanta during the Civil War. He also designed and built the Market (Broad) Street Bridge in 1865, and in 1882 donated 100 acres for Atlanta's first park, which is named in his honor.
Portrait of railroad engineer Lemuel Grant. Grant designed the fortifications for Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil War. He also designed and built the Market (now Broad) Street Bridge in 1865, and in 1882 donated 100 acres for Atlanta's first park, which is named in his honor. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lemuel-grant-1817-1893/m-3268/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Grant Park Neighborhood Association
Image from Atlanta And Its Builders by Thomas H. Martin - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lemuel-grant-1817-1893
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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