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Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilities, Bounded by West Broad, Jones, West Boundary & Hull Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

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Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilities, Bounded by West Broad, Jones, West Boundary & Hull Streets, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

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Summary

Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a wholly comprehensive and integrated railroad repair, administration, passenger and freight facility at a single site. The shops were designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. The Passenger-Station and Train Shed, which is part of the total site, was designated a National Historic Landmark separately on December 8, 1976, because of the special significance of the train shed. It is the oldest of the eleven known surviving long-span, trussed roof, train sheds in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1133
Survey number: HAER GA-1
Building/structure dates: 1853- 1926 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000610

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Arden, D D
Armstrong, Benjamine F
Boulineau, B L
Cuyler, Richard R
Miller, Alvin N
Mueller, Martin P
Reynolds, L O
Rose, David
Rose, William
Schwaab, Augustus
Wadley, William M
Wadley, William M
Boucher, Jack
Lattimore, Beth
Bartley, John
Grinde, Donald Andrew
Schmitt, John Bartley
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Location

Savannah, Georgia, United States32.07662, -81.09508
Google Map of 32.0766179, -81.0950848
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