Wadley, AL: 1907 CSX/ACL/Atlantic Coast Line Depot and Stone Quarry

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Street View, Mar 2016

AbandonedAlabama, this webpage has a bunch of B&W photos, including some interior shots

EncyclopediaOfAlabama, Photograph by Rivers Langley
"The railroad depot in Wadley, Randolph County, is one of only four Mission-style depots surviving in Alabama. It was built in 1907 by the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic Railroad and was listed on the Alabama Historical Commission's Places in Peril list in 2009 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2011."

Gilbert Martinez posted five photos with the comment: "Wadley Alabama Train depot. It was erected in 1907 and closed in 1964."

James Smith shared with the comment: "nice shots."

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On Google Maps, this is the "signature" photo for the town. It would be nice if a local scout troop, rotary club, or something could keep the vines off of it. Or does CSX still own the building. Would the vines have to be trimmed every year or month to keep them under control? The building is an argument for the durability of tiled roofs and masonry walls.

Michael Willis, Dec 2022

Tile roofs are long lasting, but I don't think they will survive vines growing through them for very long.

3:41 video @ 1:46

On Google Maps, this depot is labeled as L&N. But on a topo map, it is labeled Atlantic Coast Line. On my 1928 RR Atlas, it is labelled A.B.&C. So I dug deeper. It is not L&N.

"It was reorganized as the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad (ABC) in 1926 and controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), which owned a majority of the stock. In 1946, the ACL officially purchased the ABC which became the latter company’s Western Division and operated under the ACL name." [AbandonedAlabama]

1953 Atlanta Quad @ 250,000

I add the stone quarry because any industry that CSX is willing to service is a significant industry.

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