Norristown Depot

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A crowd gathers to meet the train at the Central of Georgia Railway depot in Norristown, in Emanuel County. The arrival of railroads in the county during the 1870s spurred the growth of the local lumber industry.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, #emn004.

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