Western and Atlantic Railroad

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The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.

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Generate an image of the Western and Atlantic Railroad (The Western and Atlantic Railroad was a 19th-century U.S. rail line in Georgia that played a crucial role in the development of Atlanta as a major transportation hub.)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century railroad ⓘ
railroad ⓘ
state-owned railroad ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
builtBy State of Georgia engineers ⓘ
charteredBy Georgia General Assembly ⓘ
completed 1850 ⓘ
connectsTo Georgia Railroad ⓘ
Macon and Western Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Georgia Railroad
constructionStart 1837 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse freight rail line ⓘ
economicImpact facilitated cotton and freight transport in the Southeast ⓘ
endPoint Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Chattanooga
gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
GreatLocomotiveChaseYear 1862 ⓘ
hasLandmark Kennesaw Mountain vicinity ⓘ
Zero Milepost (Atlanta) ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest major railroads in the Deep South ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf Atlanta ⓘ
infrastructureType common carrier railroad ⓘ
leasedTo CSX Transportation ⓘ
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ⓘ
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway ⓘ
length about 138 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Georgia ⓘ
nickname W&A ⓘ
notableLocomotive The General ⓘ
The Texas ⓘ
opened 1840s ⓘ
operatedBy Confederate States during early Civil War ⓘ
ownedBy State of Georgia ⓘ
passesThrough Dalton, Georgia ⓘ
Kennesaw, Georgia ⓘ
Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
Ringgold, Georgia ⓘ
purpose to connect the interior of Georgia with the Tennessee River ⓘ
regionServed Southeastern United States ⓘ
roleIn growth of Atlanta as a transportation hub ⓘ
siteOf Great Locomotive Chase ⓘ
startPoint Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
status still in operation as a leased line ⓘ
strategicImportance military supply line between Atlanta and Chattanooga ⓘ
terminusLocatedAt Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta

Terminus, Georgia ⓘ
trackConfiguration single-track with passing sidings (historically) ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlanta → namedAfter → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Terminus → connectedTo → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Marthasville → associatedWithInfrastructure → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Rogers Locomotive Works → majorClient → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Great Locomotive Chase → railroadUsed → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Zero Milepost (Atlanta) → associatedWith → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
W&A → standsFor → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
W&A → abbreviationOf → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The General → originalOwner → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The General → operator → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The General → railroadLine → Western & Atlantic Railroad main line ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The General → railroad → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
Georgia Railroad → connectedTo → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
The Texas → builtFor → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Texas → operatedBy → Western & Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Texas → railroadRoute → Western & Atlantic Railroad line between Atlanta and Chattanooga ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
Terminus, Georgia → connectedTo → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Terminus, Georgia → startPointOf → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Kennesaw, Georgia → hasRailHistory → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Marietta, Georgia → hasRailwayHistory → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
William Allen Fuller → employer → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
William Allen Fuller → railroadLine → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Andrews Raid → railway → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
James J. Andrews → targeted → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Anthony Murphy → employer → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Anthony Murphy → railroad → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Big Shanty, Georgia → developedAround → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Shanty, Georgia (Kennesaw)
Big Shanty, Georgia → railroadStopOn → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Shanty, Georgia (Kennesaw)
Great Locomotive Chase → involvedRailroad → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Shanty, Georgia (Kennesaw)
The General → operatedOn → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: Big Shanty, Georgia (Kennesaw)
William A. Fuller → employer → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
William A. Fuller → railroad → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Joseph E. Brown → employer → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Big Shanty → railLine → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Ringgold Depot → partOf → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Ringgold Gap → traversedBy → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
Snake Creek Gap → railAccessObjective → Western and Atlantic Railroad near Resaca ⓘ
linked to: Western and Atlantic Railroad
Macon and Western Railroad → connectedTo → Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ