![]() Subsequent ads announce the company was authorized to expand to serve as a building association as well. Initial ads feature the construction of railroad cars. Gower is a principle officer in the Gower and Jones Carriage business.)īy 1871 the Car Company is vigorously advertising in local newspapers. However, the article concludes with a positive twist to proclaim that all would agree that it is all for the good improvement for “our miniature city.”Īccording to newspaper articles the corporation is headed by, E. That article continues with a flavor of chastising local talented citizens who declined the offer to participate as they must not have understood the good reasons for the business. ![]() Padgett of Quitman, GA as the mechanical mind to lead the enterprise.Ī follow-up editorial in the Cartersville Express on Janudeclares that all the Car Factory stock has been bought up, officers elected and a location for the business has been selected. The article proclaims this business development as evidence of local prosperity and names the primary officer, Col. The plant was composed of steam power tools, kilns, painting buildings, wood planer and carpenter shops.Īn article that appeared in the Cartersville Semi-Weekly newspaper on Octopage 3 reveals an enthusiastic editorial about a proposed manufacturing company that would engage in the production of railroad cars. Deed records “roughly” describe boundaries as being between Tennessee Street (including Gilmer Street) and west to the Western and Atlantic Railroad (W&A RR) with Main Street to the south and Church street to the north. According to deeds, it occupied a footprint of approximately four city blocks. According to 1870 deeds and newspaper ads Cartersville once had a thriving railroad car manufacturing industry located in the heart of what is now the downtown square adjacent to the CSX Railroad (Western and Atlantic) and Grand Theater vicinity. Well before the row of familiar buildings standing left and right of the Grand Theater, today’s Museum Avenue was a bustling manufacturing giant. These forgotten businesses spanned less than two decades, but provided a major boom to the post war city regarding jobs, growth and service to the railroad industry. Little known to today’s citizens of Cartersville and Bartow County is a long forgotten industry that thrived in the center of downtown Cartersville. ![]()
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