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- A monument to the Big Red Apple stands on the railway station grounds in Cornelia.
- The replica of the north Georgia apple is 7 feet in height and 22 feet in circumference.
- It weighs 5,200 pounds and is painted in natural colors.
- The apple is constructed of steel and concrete and was molded in Winchester, Virginia, in 1925.
- It was shipped to the town by train.
- It is erected on a concrete pedestal 8 feet in height and 6 feet square at the base.
- The monument was donated by Southern Railway, and for many years a festival was held in celebration of the apples grown in the area.
- Cornelia has since been advertised as "the home of the Big Red Apple."
