The Atlanta Northern Railway Company was organized in 1903 by the Georgia Railway and Power Company to build a railway line from Atlanta to Marietta, Georgia. It opened with an 18-mile (29 km) route on July 17, 1905.[1] The interurban initially utilized a single phase 3,300 volt alternating current electrical system, though it was re-electrified to 600 volt direct current in 1923.[2] The line was abandoned in 1947 together with the Atlanta street railway system.[3]
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edit- ^ "Streetcars in Altlanta". RailGa.com. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ^ Hilton & Due 1960, p. 62.
- ^ Hilton & Due 1960, p. 333.
Bibliography
edit- Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.