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J. Edgar Thomson : the Georgia rail road years, 1833-1845 / F. Lewis Smith.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection HE2754.T53 S65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, F. Lewis, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874.
- Thomson, J. Edgar.
- Georgia Rail Road Company.
- Georgia Railroad and Banking Company.
- Railroad engineers--United States--Biography.
- Railroad engineers.
- Railroads--Georgia.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Georgia--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Georgia.
- Genre:
- History
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 185 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition, 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Georgia : Deeds Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- "In his early twenties Edgar Thomson moved from Philadelphia to Georgia to become the Chief Engineer of the newly-formed Georgia Rail Road. Thomson was in complete control of the building of the railroad from Augusta to Terminus, soon to be Atlanta. Ninety-five percent of this book is fact, with the other five percent added to connect the dots. Thomson could have amassed a fortune to match his famous cronies, but he was not a greedy man; he was quiet, gentle, and humble. Few people in Georgia know Thomson's story. Here is the Georgia Rail Road and the Edgar Thomson story from 1833 through 1845"--Back cover
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Rupp Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781944193928
- 1944193928
- OCLC:
- 1000527394
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