Monuments to Railroad Leaders Four Georgia monuments erected for presidents of railroads: • Samuel Spencer monument, Atlanta. Memorial to the first president of the Southern Railway, sculpted by Daniel Chester French in 1909. • William Wadley monument, Macon. Statue of the post-Civil War president of the Central of Georgia, erected in 1885. • W.W. Gordon monument, Savannah. Dedicated to the first president of the Central of Georgia. • General Griffin monument, Griffin. Statue of Lewis Lawrence Griffin, first president of the early Monroe Railroad. RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home