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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Western and Atlantic Railroad canonical	12
Western & Atlantic Railroad	6
Western & Atlantic Railroad line between Atlanta and Chattanooga	1
Western & Atlantic Railroad main line	1

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 ⓘ Georgia Railroad ⓘ surface form: Macon and Western Railroad
constructionStart	1837 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	freight rail line ⓘ
economicImpact	facilitated cotton and freight transport in the Southeast ⓘ
endPoint	Chattanooga ⓘ surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee
gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge ⓘ
GreatLocomotiveChaseYear	1862 ⓘ
hasLandmark	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Louisville and Nashville Railroad ⓘ surface form: 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	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
passesThrough	Dalton, Georgia ⓘ Kennesaw, Georgia ⓘ Marietta, Georgia ⓘ Ringgold, Georgia ⓘ
purpose	to connect the interior of Georgia with the Tennessee River ⓘ
regionServed	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
roleIn	growth of Atlanta as a transportation hub ⓘ
siteOf	Great Locomotive Chase ⓘ
startPoint	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
status	still in operation as a leased line ⓘ
strategicImportance	military supply line between Atlanta and Chattanooga ⓘ
terminusLocatedAt	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia Terminus, Georgia ⓘ
trackConfiguration	single-track with passing sidings (historically) ⓘ
usedDuring	American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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 and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ