The Western and Atlantic Depot was built approximately 1850. The tunnel was built from 1848 to 1850 into Chetoogeta Mountain. It is 1,477 feet long. It was used until 1928 when it was replaced by a new tunnel build beside the original one.
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| Tunnel Hill Western & Atlantic Depot built circa 1850 |
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| Original Western & Atlantic tunnel entrance. Built 1848-50 at 1,477 feet long |
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| Signal tower |
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| Debris along track |
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| Heritage Center Museum |
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| Caboose |
Where does the "Andrew's Depot" caption come from? Andrew only got a glimpse of the depot, the raid by the yankee spies gets way too much credit! Men died here, but that rarely gets mentioned, only the train thieves!
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