Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia 101
The Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia 101 is a historic steam locomotive located near the Cotten Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is the last known steam locomotive associated with the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. It was built in 1922 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway. It was sold to the Fordyce and Princeton in 1931, and retired in 1948. Given to the city of Little Rock, it was displayed at the Little Rock Zoo for twenty years, and was moved to Fordyce in 2007.[2]
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Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive #101 | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | NW. of Jct. of N. Main St. & Union Pacific RR., Fordyce, Arkansas | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°48′46″N 92°24′42″W | ||||||||||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||
Part of | Fordyce Commercial Historic District (ID92000608) | ||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 07001425[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | January 24, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
Designated CP | June 11, 1992 |
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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