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The Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway (ASM&L) was a rock quarry railroad that began operations in 1909. A "common carrier" railroad it had lines connecting to the Georgia Railroad and primarily served granite and gneiss quarries at Lithonia and at Stone Mountain in DeKalb County.〔 It operated 4 miles of track from Lithonia, Georgia, to a quarry near Rock Chapel, Georgia. Notes on the line say it ran from "Lithonia to Georgia Railroad. Davidson Granite Company, Northeast of Lithonia".〔(Photograph of Atlanta, Stone Mountain, and Lithonia Railroad Engine ) DeKalb County, Georgia, ca. 1951〕 ==Lines== The ASM&L's had two lines on the north side of the Georgia Railroad in Lithonia. They connected into the "Big Ledge" quarry on the north side of Lithonia, half a mile from the Georgia Railroad and on a route of about a mile to the quarries at Pine Mountain on the east side of Lithonia (on tracks that were formerly Pine Mountain Granite Company railroad).〔 On the south side of the Georgia Railroad, the ASM&L had a 4-mile line from Lithonia to the quarries at Arabia Mountain, a former Lithonia & Arabia Mountain Railroad opened ca. 1889. At Stone Mountain, the ASM&L had a line from the Georgia Railroad around the north side of the mountain to the granite quarries on the eastern slope. It was constructed soon after the Civil War by a predecessor company.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlanta, Stone Mountain and Lithonia Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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