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The railroad utilizes what was originally an industrial spur built in 1869 by the Stone Mountain Granite Company to serve quarries at the foot of the Stone Mountain, with a connection to the Georgia Railroad's main line in Stone Mountain Village. The railroad later started an excursion service to the mountain.
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The ASM&L had two lines on the north side of the Georgia Railroad in Lithonia. One connected to the "Big Ledge" quarry on the north side of Lithonia, one-half mile (0.80 km) from the Georgia Railroad and the other on a route of about one and a half miles (2.4 km) to the quarries at Pine Mountain on the east side of Lithonia (on tracks that were formerly Pine Mountain Granite Company railroad).
In 1984, the 110 was placed on display outside the Stone Mountain's Memorial Depot. In late 2012, Stone Mountain sold the 110 to the New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal, NC for eventual restoration to operation on their 4.5 mile tourist railroad. Number 40, 2-8-0, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925 for the Lancaster and Chester Railway.
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Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States.The population was 6,703 according in 2020. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square miles.
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The Venables bought Stone Mountain in 1887 for $48,000. [4] The brothers donated granite from Stone Mountain for a church on Peachtree and North Avenue in Atlanta. [5]Sam Venable's home on the northeast corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Oakdale Road was bought in 1959 for $60,000 by St. John's Lutheran Church.