Builder of the Nation

Builder of the Nation is a Georgia historical marker in Georgia., Jackson County.

On Washington Street in Jefferson, Georgia.

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This steam locomotive was presented to the City of Jefferson in 1959 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company as a permanent exhibit in memory of the important service engines of this type gave to the nation. It was one of the last steam-powered locomotives to operate in this section of the country. It was built in 1907 and was last operated on the Gainesville Midland Railroad.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Gainesville, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1903, covering the location of Builder of the Nation, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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