Cyclorama Bldg., Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia. County/parish: Fulton.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 19, 1973. NRIS 73002234.
1 contributing structure.
Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co., best known as the principal pursuit engine in the Great Locomotive Chase, chasing the General after the latter was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system during the American Civil War. The locomotive is preserved at the Atlanta History Center.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208362