East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway

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The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway was a 19th-century American railroad system that connected key parts of the southeastern United States and later became a major component of the Southern Railway network.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad in the United States ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
becamePartOf Southern Railway ⓘ
category predecessor railroad of the Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
connected Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta

Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
Bristol, Virginia ⓘ
Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
Macon, Georgia ⓘ
connectedRegion Appalachian region ⓘ
Deep South ⓘ
Piedmont region ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formedByMergerOf East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad ⓘ
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad ⓘ
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company of Georgia ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
historicalRole major component of the Southern Railway system ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct railroad ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
linked Virginia and Tennessee Railroad connections at Bristol ⓘ
Western and Atlantic Railroad connections at Atlanta ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
majorHub Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta

Chattanooga, Tennessee ⓘ
Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
modeOfTransport rail ⓘ
networkType interstate railroad ⓘ
operatedDuringCentury 19th century ⓘ
partOf American railroad network ⓘ
predecessorOf Southern Railway ⓘ
railGaugeType 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
servedRegion Alabama ⓘ
East Tennessee ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
significance facilitated economic development in the southeastern United States ⓘ
successor Southern Railway ⓘ
trackType steam railroad ⓘ
transported freight ⓘ
passengers ⓘ
usedTraction steam locomotives ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Southern Railway (U.S.) → predecessor → East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway ⓘ
Great Locomotive Chase → railLine → Atlanta–Chattanooga rail corridor ⓘ
linked to: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway → formedByMergerOf → East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway