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Historic Railroads of Georgia: A Historic Context Study and Evaluation of Georgia’s Historic Railroads
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2018-11-01
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Edition:Final: November 2013 – November 2018
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Abstract:This context outlines the state’s rail history and places its basic physical infrastructure within the context of National Register of Historic Places eligibility, critical for GDOT’s compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (36 CFR 800). As such, this document includes a narrative history of rail development in Georgia, a visual glossary, National Register evaluation guidelines, a proposed methodology for using this documentation for GDOT Section 106 compliance, and an annotated bibliography that addresses sources used and available for more information. The long, linear rail alignments are narrow yet massive monuments to Georgia’s engineering heritage. The historic and present-day impact and significance of rail on Georgia’s development is inarguable. What follows is the wending and winding story of railroading in Georgia, from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Georgia’s rail story is profoundly and richly complex. Simply put, there is no simple or straightforward way to tell this wide-ranging story. As will be seen, this complexity illustrates the almost giddy optimism and rush of investment during the rail boom, as lines were rapidly built to almost all corners of the state, and also the slow disentanglement and disinvestment during the rail bust years, as lines withered and died, and consolidation absorbed the remaining viable lines. New transportation modes, namely the automobile and jetliners, played the greatest role concerning the latter. Georgia’s railroading story continues today, as rail lines continue to go dormant and are removed, and many formerly rail-originated and rail-dependent towns find themselves with no rail connections at all.
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