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Completed in 1850 after years of labor, this 1,447-foot bore through Chetoogeta Mountain was the first railroad tunnel finished south of the Mason-Dixon line. The stolen locomotive General raced through it during the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase.
Western & Atlantic Railroad Tunnel is a historical marker in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, erected in 1992. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8398, -85.0420 near Tunnel Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clisby Austin House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tunnel Hill, Tunnel Hill W&A Railroad Depot, and What are Sherman Neckties?.
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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