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 The company's Mangum Street embankment west ofDowntown Atlanta included a factory with smokestacks | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Reporting mark | AB&A |
| Locale | Alabama Georgia |
| Dates of operation | 1914–1926 |
| Successor | Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge |
| Length | 340 miles (550 kilometres) |
TheAtlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway (reporting markAB&A) was formed in 1914 as a reorganization of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad, which had been created in 1905 to purchase theAtlantic and Birmingham Railway and extend its track intoBirmingham, Alabama, from an end point atMontezuma, Georgia. The railroad's chief engineer and general manager at the time was Alexander Bonnyman.[1]
The railroad went into receivership in 1921 and was acquired by theAtlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1926. They reorganized the line as theAtlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
The Mangum Street embankment which ran north–south along Mangum Street (parallel to today's Northside Drive, but two blocks to the east), upon which trains reached the Atlanta terminus west ofDowntown Atlanta, was built in 1905 and razed c. 1990 for construction of theGeorgia Dome.[2]
The building was used as offices and passenger terminal for the AB&A in Atlanta is located at the corner of Fairlie and Walton Streets in downtown Atlanta. It is now used as offices for Central Atlanta Progress. The upper facade of the building retains the "Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad" stonework on two sides.
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