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. Cumberland As the 18th century progressed colonists began to settle far from the Atlantic coast Pennsylvania Virginia Connecticut and Maryland all laid claim to the land in the Ohio River valley the colonies engaged in a scramble to purchase land from Indian tribes as the British insisted that claims to land should rest on legitimate purchases Virginia was particularly intent on western expansion and most of the elite Virginia families invested in the Ohio Company to promote the settlement of Ohio Country, Part of a series on, J See also: Steam locomotive Thailand: National Sports $465 million. Henry fine Clarkston pop 7,554 The Georgia Film Music and Digital Entertainment Office promotes filming in the state Since 1972 seven hundred film and television projects have been filmed on location in Georgia Georgia overtook California in 2016 as the state location with the most feature films produced in FY2017 film and television production in Georgia had an economic impact of $9.5 billion Atlanta now is even called the "Hollywood of the South." Television shows like Stranger Things the Walking Dead and the Vampire Diaries are filmed in the state Movies too such as Passengers Forrest Gump Contagion Hidden Figures Sully Baby Driver the Hunger Games: Catching Fire Captain America: Civil War Black Panther Birds of Prey and many more were filmed around Georgia.

46 Bryse Wilson Typical of the southeastern U.S Atlanta receives abundant rainfall that is evenly distributed throughout the year though late spring and early fall are somewhat drier the average annual rainfall is 50.2 inches (1,280 mm) while snowfall is typically light at around 2.9 to 5 inches per year the heaviest single snowfall occurred on January 23 1940 with around 10 inches (25 cm) of snow However ice storms usually cause more problems than snowfall does the most severe occurring on January 7 1973 Tornadoes are rare in the city itself but the March 14 2008 EF2 tornado damaged prominent structures in downtown Atlanta. Pollution In the 1880s electrified trains were introduced leading to electrification of tramways and rapid transit systems Starting during the 1940s the non-electrified railways in most countries had their steam locomotives replaced by diesel-electric locomotives with the process being almost complete by the 2000s During the 1960s electrified high-speed railway systems were introduced in Japan and later in some other countries Many countries are in the process of replacing diesel locomotives with electric locomotives mainly due to environmental concerns a notable example being Switzerland which has completely electrified its network Other forms of guided ground transport outside the traditional railway definitions such as monorail or maglev have been tried but have seen limited use, Lithia Springs (CDP) pop 15,491, 105 3221 11.3 Museums 129 3020. Atlanta is the largest city in Fulton County occupying the county's narrow center section and thus geographically dividing the county's northern and southern portions Atlanta's last major annexation in 1952 brought over 118 square miles (310 km2) into the city including the affluent suburb of Buckhead the movement to create a city of Sandy Springs launched in the early 1970s and reaching fruition in 2005 was largely an effort to prevent additional annexations by the city of Atlanta and later to wrest local control from the county commission, In 2002 incumbent moderate Democratic Governor Roy Barnes was defeated by Republican Sonny Perdue a state legislator and former Democrat While Democrats retained control of the State House they lost their majority in the Senate when four Democrats switched parties They lost the House in the 2004 election Republicans then controlled all three partisan elements of the state government. . Container trains have become the beta type in the US for bulk haulage Containers can easily be transshipped to other modes such as ships and trucks using cranes This has succeeded the boxcar (wagon-load) where the cargo had to be loaded and unloaded into the train manually the intermodal containerization of cargo has revolutionized the supply chain logistics industry reducing ship costs significantly in Europe the sliding wall wagon has largely superseded the ordinary covered wagons Other types of cars include refrigerator cars stock cars for livestock and autoracks for road vehicles When rail is combined with road transport a roadrailer will allow trailers to be driven onto the train allowing for easy transition between road and rail, Major petroleum and natural gas pipelines cross the area running from the Gulf coast Texas and Louisiana to the population centers of the northeastern U.S This includes Colonial Pipeline and Plantation Pipe Line both based in Alpharetta. 11.2 Mission 3 Organization and administration One of the entrances to the University of Georgia, 72/22 91/32 Georgia 9.svg State Route 9, 6.3 Television Main article: Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders. Controversy Main article: Festivals in Atlanta 2.2 Geology and terrain Atlanta Georgia business directory New Zealand: TVNZ. 1.7 Civil rights movement White Americans made up 55.4% of metro Atlanta's population a relative decrease from 63.0% ten years earlier but still an absolute increase of over 330,000 people Non-Hispanic whites dropped from 59.5% to 50.7% of the metro's population increasing by about 224,000 people!