1. The Southern Museum.
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Churella, Albert J.
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MUSEUMS , *HISTORY , *CIVIL war , *REVOLUTIONS , *WAR & society , *LOCOMOTIVE industry - Abstract
The article presents information on the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. The museum's name seems an unlikely juxtaposition of largely unrelated topics, yet that name aptly reflects both the history of the museum and the history of the South itself. One of the great strengths of the museum is its effortless segue from the Civil War to the locomotive industry. Displays show how the South, economically devastated by the war and the destruction of the plantation economy, turned to new forms of economic endeavour. These included mining and logging, both of which required small industrial locomotives.
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- 2004
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