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- 1 2 Acts passed by the General Assembly of Georgia' 1883', p. 220
- ↑ Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s By Franklin M. Garrett, p.103
- ↑ Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s By Franklin M. Garrett, p. 490
- 1 2 Atlanta's Streetcars of the Nineteenth Century (blog)
- ↑ "Proposal to save trolley barns fails by one vote in council", October 20, 1987, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Page A/28
- ↑ Citing asbestos, Young now wants trolley barns razed", October 17, 1987, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Page Number: B/1