Jackson McQuigg, Tammy Galloway and Scott McIntosh 128 pages
Organized in 1833 by Savannah businessmen, the Central of Georgia
Railway was chartered by the Georgia Legislature as the Central Rail
Road & Canal Company. The line, connecting Savannah to the interior
of the state, boosted the coastal city's seaport, which had lost
business to Charleston because of the South Carolina Rail Road's inland
reach. In 1843, the Central was extended from Savannah to the outskirts
of Macon, and after nearly 120 years of successful operation, the
Central of Georgia Railway was purchased by Southern Railway. By 1982,
it became merely an accounting entry in the books of Norfolk Southern, a
major transportation company.
