Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Nicknamed "The Hiawasse Route" for a scenic portion of the railroad along the Hiawassee River, the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway was chartered in 1896 as a successor to the Marietta and North Georgia Railway, which had entered receivership in 1891. It was part of a railroad system that ran from the community of Elizabeth near Marietta, Georgia, northward to Murphy in far western North Carolina, and to Delano just south of Etowah in southeast Tennessee. Except for the east/west portion along the Hiwassee River, the entire route follows one road, numbered as Georgia 5 and Tennessee 68.
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Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
Nicknamed "The Hiawasse Route" for a scenic portion of the railroad along the Hiawassee River, the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway was chartered in 1896 as a successor to the Marietta and North Georgia Railway, which had entered receivership in 1891. It was part of a railroad system that ran from the community of Elizabeth near Marietta, Georgia, northward to Murphy in far western North Carolina, and to Delano just south of Etowah in southeast Tennessee. Except for the east/west portion along the Hiwassee River, the entire route follows one road, numbered as Georgia 5 and Tennessee 68.
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Nicknamed "The Hiawasse Route" ...... as Georgia 5 and Tennessee 68.
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Nicknamed "The Hiawasse Route" ...... as Georgia 5 and Tennessee 68.
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Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
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