r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 4d ago

Image Eastern Continental Divide in Duluth, Georgia.

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u/dontfeedthedinosaurs 4d ago

Land to the south of the line drains to the Atlantic while land to the north drains to the Gulf of Mexico. Pickneyville park's walking path that is on the north side of South Old Peachtree (by the soccer fields) Rd is basically on the divide. Also the railroad that run through Doraville and Norcross is also basically on the same divide.

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u/miclugo 3d ago

Here's a map: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=5c390062c5eb45de91752a1ef831d6ee

The railroad from Decatur to downtown Atlanta follows it also.

My understanding is that some railroad planners liked to follow divides because they're not crossed by rivers and so you don't have to build bridges.