Comments on: Eastern Continental Divide Tourism!? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:28:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: toml http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/#comment-35567 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:04:31 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-35567 I felt elevated as I rode MARTA from Decatur to downtown this morning.

]]> By: Lyn http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/#comment-35457 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:06:40 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-35457 Just looked at proofs last week of a map we plan to install at Glenlake Park and also at the railroad crossings showing where the continental divide travels through our city.

]]> By: LeeOnCandler http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/#comment-35399 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-35399 Railroad engineers love divides between watersheds. Until the divide reaches the mountains, they are relatively flat (fewer cuts to dig and grades to build up), but the best part is no expensive bridges to build over creeks and rivers.

Their second favorite is next to rivers. They’re really, really flat (lower fuel costs), have lots of destinations like cities, but the trade-off is there are more bridges to build.

]]> By: mcmillend http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/#comment-35397 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:18:50 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-35397 interesting how they basically built the railroad tracks from past Clarkston to Atlanta on the divide:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/jack/Divide/DivideCommunities.html

]]> By: mcmillend http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/04/10/eastern-continental-divide-tourism/#comment-35396 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:12:14 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-35396 here’s a link to a (large) map that a guy made as he’s trying to estimate the location of the divide in Georgia:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/jack/Divide/DV.jpg

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