East Point Historical Society
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he mission of the East Point Historical Society is to create, stimulate and maintain interest in all matters pertaining to the past and future history and well-being of the City of East Point, Georgia; to establish and promote educational and entertaining endeavors pertaining to same; to collect, preserve and display various properties, information and artifacts pertaining to same; to cooperate and interact with other similar groups and public agencies toward these common goals.
ocated in southwestern metro Atlanta, the East Point Historical Society occupies a historic house in Spring Street Park in East Point, Georgia. The society maintains a collection of artifacts and materials related to this area of Atlanta. The collection includes two pieces of railroad equipment with ties to Georgia, both displayed behind the society's building: a small industrial steam tank locomotive and a Southern bay window caboose.
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1939 East Point map / East Point Historical Society
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
Cherokee Brick & Tile #3
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Cherokee Brick & Tile #3
to Cherokee Brick & Tile #3
to Atlanta Chapter NRHS
to East Point Historical Society
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Cherokee Brick & Tile #3 was built as a 2-4-2ST (Saddle Tank) engine by H. K. Porter in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1925 for the Bibb Brick Company in Macon, GA. It weighs 65,000 lbs and has 46” drivers and 14” x 20” cylinders. Operating at a boiler pressure of 180 psi, it delivered 13,038 lbs tractive effort. The Bibb Brick Company was started in 1902 with a plant in Macon, GA, and its own railroad with spur tracks to the Central of Georgia and Southern railroads. After suffering adverse financial conditions, the plant and railroad were acquired by the Cherokee Brick & Tile Co., in the late 1930s. #3 was donated to the Atlanta Chapter of the NRHS in 1961 and then moved to Duluth, GA, in 1974. It is on display in East Point Park in East Point, Ga.
Robert Grant - rgusrail.com
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Southern Railway #X346
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East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
East Point, Ga / Sep 2021 / RWH
See also our complete Southern Railway surviving bay window cabooses scrapbook in Mainlines
Links / Sources
- East Point Historical Society website
- Wikipedia article for East Point, Georgia