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Dooley Yard Viaduct for the Central of Georgia Railroad

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1853 and 1859, Augustus Schwaab. W. Boundary St., north of Louisville Rd.

The two Central of Georgia railroad viaducts that cross W. Boundary Street near Louisville Road were designed by Schwaab and constructed of Savannah Grey brick. The southern, Main Line Viaduct, with access to the passenger depot, cotton yard, and repair shops, was completed in 1853 and employs semielliptical arches. Small arched openings between the spandrels provide drainage in times of flooding. The northern, Dooley Yard Viaduct, accessing the up-freight and down-freight warehouses, was completed in 1861 and employs wider segmental arches. The westernmost arch of both viaducts spans the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal. The infill structure from the 1960s that occupies one of the arches of the Dooley Yard Viaduct, originally a construction materials business and then Olde Arch Antiques, was acquired by SCAD in 2002.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Savannah Children’s Museum (Carpentry Shop, Central of Georgia Railroad)
Coach Shop and Paint Shop (Central of Georgia Railroad)
Smokestack (Central of Georgia Railroad)
Engine House/Roundhouse (Central of Georgia Railroad)
Central of Georgia Railroad, Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Dooley Yard Viaduct for the Central of Georgia Railroad", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-7.5.2.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 134-135.

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