Key People in the History of the Western & Atlantic Railroad

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Superintendents

William L. Wadley February 2, 1852 February 1, 1853
George Yonge 1853 1854
James F. Cooper 1854
James M. Spullock 1856 1857
Jown W. Lewis January 1, 1858 December 1860
John Sharpe Rowland October 1, 1861 September 18, 1863
George D. Phillips November 5, 1863 September 1, 1864
Robert Baugh September 25, 1865 1865
Campbell Wallace January 1, 1866 About August 1868
Edward Hulbert About August 1868 January 1, 1870
Foster Blodgett January 1, 1870 1870
E.W. Cole January 1871 About February 1873
William MacRae (sometimes spelled McRae) March 1873 December 28, 1881
R.A. Anderson 1882 February 1891
J.L. McCollum February 1891 About 1919

Chief Engineers

Stephen Harriman Long May 12, 1837 November 3, 1840
James S. Williams
Charles Fenton Mercer Garnett February 7, 1842 December 31, 1847
William L. Mitchell January 1, 1848 1852
John W. Green

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