The General (locomotive)
The General on display in Chattanooga, Tennessee circa 1907
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor |
| Serial number | 631 |
| Build date | December 1855 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration | 4-4-0 |
| Gauge | Originally 5 ft (1,524 mm), regauged to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in 1886 |
| Driver dia. | 60 in (1,524 mm) |
| Adhesive weight | 32,000 lb (15,000 kilograms; 15 tonnes) |
| Loco weight | 50,300 lb (22,800 kilograms; 22.8 tonnes) |
| Boiler pressure | 140 lbf/in2 (965 kPa) |
| Cylinders | Two, outside |
| Cylinder size | 15 in (381 mm) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | Western and Atlantic Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
| Numbers | 39, renumbered 3 in 1880 |
| Official name | General |
| First run | January 1856 |
| Retired |
1891 |
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The General
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| Location | Kennesaw, GA |
| Coordinates | 34°1′24.7″N 84°36′51.96″W / 34.023528°N 84.6144333°WCoordinates: 34°1′24.7″N 84°36′51.96″W / 34.023528°N 84.6144333°W |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architect | Rogers,Ketchum & Grosvenor |
| Architectural style | Other |
| NRHP Reference # | 73000617 |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1973 |
| Current owner | Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History |
| Disposition | static display |
1891
Western & Atlantic Railroad #3 General is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1855 by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, best known as the engine stolen by Union spies in the Great Locomotive Chase, an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network during the American Civil War. Today, the locomotive is preserved at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1855 by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey,The General provided freight and passenger service between Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, before the Civil War on the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia and later, the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company.
During the Civil War on April 12, 1862, The General was commandeered by Northerners led by James J. Andrews at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw, Georgia), and abandoned north of Ringgold, after being pursued by William Allen Fuller and the Texas. Low on water and wood, the General eventually lost steam pressure and speed, and slowed to a halt two miles north of Ringgold, where Andrews and his raiders abandoned the locomotive and tried to flee.
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