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. Contemporary Era Almost every major highway and every major Interstate highway in metro Atlanta passes through Fulton County Outside Atlanta proper Georgia 400 is the major highway through north Fulton and Interstate 85 to the southwest; . Peachtree Corners pop 43,509 Asian 1.2% 2.1% 3.3% 2.1 Boundaries History 38 Anthony Swarzak 40/4 Italy (346) 12 Further reading 71/22 88/31 Main article: Protected areas of Georgia (U.S state). In 1784 James Watt a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer patented a design for a steam locomotive Watt had improved the steam engine of Thomas Newcomen hitherto used to pump water out of mines and developed a reciprocating engine in 1769 capable of powering a wheel This was a large stationary engine powering cotton mills and a variety of machinery; the state of boiler technology necessitated the use of low pressure steam acting upon a vacuum in the cylinder which required a separate condenser and an air pump Nevertheless as the construction of boilers improved Watt investigated the use of high-pressure steam acting directly upon a piston raising the possibility of a smaller engine that might be used to power a vehicle Following his patent Watt's employee William Murdoch produced a working model of a self-propelled steam carriage in that year, 5 Economy Metropolitan area's growth, In 1982 former Secretary of the Navy and retired Southern Railway head William Graham Claytor Jr came out of retirement to lead Amtrak.[page needed] Despite frequent clashes with the Reagan administration over funding Claytor enjoyed a good relationship with John H Riley the head of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and with members of Congress Limited funding led Claytor to use short-term debt to fund operations. 71/22 86/30 Orlando Cepeda, Kennesaw State Turner Broadcasting, Before settlement by Europeans Georgia was inhabited by the mound building cultures the British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12 1733 the colony was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II the Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for the colony's settlement known as the Oglethorpe Plan which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery the colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742 during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1752 after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony the Trustees turned over control to the crown Georgia became a crown colony with a governor appointed by the king.

6.1 Race and ethnicity 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; Total World Series championships: 3 139 2920, The British also sought to maintain peaceful relations with those Indian tribes that had allied with the French by keeping them separated from the American frontiersmen to this end the Royal Proclamation of 1763 restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains as this was designated an Indian Reserve Some groups of settlers disregarded the proclamation however and continued to move west and establish farms the proclamation was soon modified and was no longer a hindrance to settlement but the fact angered the colonists that it had been promulgated without their prior consultation. .