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Photographer: Battle of Franklin Trust Archives
Caption: Nashville & Decatur Railroad
Additional Description: The Nashville & Decatur Railroad, photographed in Franklin in 1909, ran for 120 miles (180 km) and connected Nashville to the Deep South. It was so important to the Union army that it was rebuilt twice during the war, in 1863 and 1865. The latter effort repaired more than 7,000 feet (2,100 meters) of bridges and required more than 1,000,000 board-feet of lumber (100,000 square meters).
Submitted: May 23, 2017, by Brandon Stahl of Fairfax, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p383220
File Size: 0.038 Megabytes

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