State R. R. Survey: July 4, 1837

State R. R. Survey: July 4, 1837 is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1952.

At intersection of Medlock Bridge Road and Vista Bluff Drive in Johns Creek.

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Near here began the survey for the State R.R. (W&A), by Chief Engr. Stephen H. Long and Asst. Engr. Abbott H. Brisbane. Trial lines were run to the Etowah River, 38 mi, N, to determine if a Chattahoochee River crossing here would conform to levels established between Hog Mt. to the South & the Allatoona Range near the Etowah. Failing to find suitable grades, other trial lines not only fixed the crossing at Bolton, 25 mi. down stream, but placed Atlanta where it is.

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1888 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1890 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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State R. R. Survey: July 4, 1837

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