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Etowah |
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| The road was chartered in 1847,
but was built in 1858-9. It was a very short line that connected the
Etowah Iron Works with the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Its rail was loaned from the Western & Atlantic when the
road was built and was removed by Sherman's troops in 1864. The line
was never rebuilt.
The W&A Annual Reports list the Etowah Station as though it were a Western & Atlantic property. The quantity of iron bar and casting shipped from this station make it clear that it is the one serving the Etowah Iron Works. No mention is made of rolling stock or track. An 1862 report from the Georgia House makes it clear that the road was run and equipped by the W&A. Because of the loss of the coal required to work the site (2 cars per day), the machinery was sold and (some?) removed in early 1864, with much of it going to the Selma Naval Gun Works. |
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| Black's Number | 39 (map) (map) | ||||||||
| Track | 5 miles of 5 foot gauge of T-rail of heavy, but unknown, weight | ||||||||
| Locomotives | 1; None | ||||||||
| Cars | Unknown | ||||||||
| Stations | 2 | ||||||||
| Officers | President | ||||||||
| Freight | 1861 - 1862 | ||||||||
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