Western and Atlantic Railroad

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19th-century railroad railroad state-owned 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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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 →
constructionStart	1837 →
country	United States →
currentUse	freight rail line →
economicImpact	facilitated cotton and freight transport in the Southeast →
endPoint	Chattanooga, Tennessee →
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 →
status	still in operation as a leased line →
strategicImportance	military supply line between Atlanta and Chattanooga →
terminusLocatedAt	Atlanta, Georgia → Terminus, Georgia →
trackConfiguration	single-track with passing sidings (historically) →
usedDuring	American Civil War →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marthasville →	associatedWithInfrastructure
Terminus →	connectedTo
Atlanta →	namedAfter