Blasted through solid rock in the 1840s for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, this cut reached some 175 feet deep, the line's deepest. Controlling it made Allatoona Pass worth the bloody 1864 fight.
The Deep Cut
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The Deep Cut is a historical marker in Allatoona, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.1159, -84.7162 near Allatoona. The nearest cataloged historic site is 4th Minnesota Regimental Headquarters (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Grave of the Unknown Hero, The Foot Bridge, and Rowett's Redoubt.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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