Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway

LaFayette is the county seat of Walker County and boasts a rich Native American, Civil War and African American history. The city was renamed in 1836 after the Marquis de LaFayette, the French aristocrat who assisted American colonists during the Revolutionary War. The city was incorporated on Sept. 30, 1835. The city owns the historic Chattooga Academy; one of the county’s most cherished landmarks. The structure, completed in 1836, was later renamed John B. Gordon Hall after Confederate Gen. John B. Gordon, who attended the school as a child and also served as governor of Georgia. Gordon Hall is believed to be one of Georgia’s oldest remaining brick school buildings. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg made the building his headquarters in September 1863. Bragg sat under an oak tree in front of the school as he planned his attack on Union forces at Chickamauga.

City of LaFayette

The Euclid Chemical Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of products for the concrete and masonry construction industry in North America. For over a century, Euclid Chemical has developed strong relationships with contractors, specifiers, owners, building materials suppliers and concrete producers offering high quality products and industry leading technical support. Euclid Chemical provides products and technologies that include: admixtures, fiber, integral color, shotcrete, grouts, repair mortars, bonding agents, adhesives, coatings, curing and sealing compounds, dry shake hardeners, joint fillers, sealants, densifiers, waterproofing, repair and other products. Our leading brands, including Euco, Eucon, Plastol, Increte, Tuf-Strand, Fiberstrand, Dural, Vandex, QWIKjoint, and EucoRepair are known in the concrete industry for innovation and high quality.

Euclid Chemical

Audia International, a Pennsylvania-based plastics manufacturer that serves the automotive, appliance, construction and packaging markets, decided to expand its existing business to the South and allocated $50 million for investment in a new manufacturing plant. After solidifying a relationship with Genesee & Wyoming’s Pittsburgh& Ohio Central Railroad years before and recognizing its stellar customer service, Audia wanted another Genesee & Wyoming railroad to service the new plant. With the help of Walker County, the State of Georgia, and Genesee & Wyoming’s Chattooga & Chickamauga Railway (CCKY), Audia chose to be the first customer in the Walker County Industrial Park, located in LaFayette, Georgia.

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