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The railroad of the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company, herein called the carrier, is a standard-gage, steam railroad, located in northwestern Georgia. The main line extends southwesterly from Atlanta to West Point, near the Georgia-Alabama State line, a distance of 85.596 miles, and from Oakland Junction to Lakewood, a distance of 5.177 miles.
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The premier appearance was her run from Atlanta to Chattanooga over the Western & Atlantic Railroad. After this run, the General would make excursion trips on various rail lines across the eastern US through most of the 1960s. In the late 60s, the General was to go to Kennesaw for another appearance when the City of Chattanooga officials halted it.
East Point is a suburban city located southwest of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,358.The city name is derived from being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta and West Point Railroad from West Point.
Property map of Emory University in 2017, attached to a press release from the university about its formally asking Atlanta to annex it; Maps showing annexation of CDC/Emory University area: "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: DeKalb County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 6 (PDF p. 7/22). Emory Univ - Indicates the university in the city limits ...
The climate of Atlanta and its metropolitan area is humid subtropical (Cfa) according to the Köppen classification, with four seasons including hot, humid summers and cool winters that are occasionally cold by the standards of the southern United States; the city and its immediate suburbs are located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a, although the far northern suburbs begin to transition to ...
The Atlanta and West Point Rail Road (reporting mark AWP) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, forming the east portion of the Atlanta-Selma West Point Route.The company was chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road and renamed in 1857; construction of the 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [2] line was begun in 1849–50 and completed in May 1854.
Perimeter Mall was named after the 64-mile (103 km) long Interstate 285 which circles Atlanta’s perimeter, and at one time was the edge of Atlanta’s suburban extent. Since the opening of the mall just a few years after the freeway, Perimeter was developed though office parks constructed adjacent to the mall, including the Ravinia and ...