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About Georgia State Railroad Museum
Coastal Heritage Society museum at antebellum Central of Georgia Railway repair shops (National Historic Landmark); operating turntable demonstrations and short rail-car rides.
History
The Georgia State Railroad Museum opened in 1989 when the Coastal Heritage Society, a nonprofit organization, established a museum on the former Central of Georgia Railway repair shops after the city of Savannah acquired the complex from Southern Railway, which had purchased the railroad in 1963 and subsequently closed the Savannah shops. The site, constructed beginning in 1853 with the carpenters’ shop and expanded through the 1920s, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and enlarged in 1978 to encompass additional buildings, and it is described as the most intact antebellum railroad repair complex in the United States. During the 1989 filming of *Glory*, city officials and historic‑preservation leaders identified Scott Smith to lead the restoration effort, which resulted in the museum’s opening that same year. The museum’s historic railroad complex is recognized as the most complete antebellum railroad complex in the country.
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