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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 14 drawings |  12 b&w photos |  68 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER AL-186
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 14 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 12 (5 x 7)
Data Page(s): 67 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Cook & Laurie Contractors
Roberts & Schaefer Contractors
Katano, Tomoharu
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
Bruggeman, Seth C., historian
Dubin, Elisabeth, historian
Katano, Tomoharu, historian
Holman, Gregory, historian
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HAER AL-186
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N886).
Building/structure dates: 1900 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1913 subsequent work
Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabama places them within a long and often tumultuous historical context.
SUBJECTS:
ALABAMA--Montgomery County--Montgomery
building deterioration
OTHER TITLE:
Montgomery & West Point Rail Road
Western Railroad of Alabama
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.al1290
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW SE OF MAIN WOFA STEEL FRAMEWORK TRAIN SHED.
2. VIEW SW OF NORTHERN END OF STEEL FRAMEWORK TRAIN SHED.
3. VIEW SE OF NORTHEN END OF STEEL FRAMEWORK TRAIN SHED.
4. NORTHERN END OF INTERIOR OF STEEL FRAMEWORK TRAIN SHED LOOKING SOUTH.
5. SOUTHERN END OF INTERIOR OF STEEL FRAMEWORK TRAIN SHED LOOKING SE TO CAVED IN SHED, CENTER, AND BRICK AND STEEL SHED.
6. VIEW NORTH EAST AT NORTHERN END OF SHED.
7. SE CORNER OF BRICK SHED LOOKING NW.
8. GENERAL VIEW OF TRUSS REMAINS OF BRICK SHED.
9. TRUSS AND SE WALLS LOOKING SE.
10. TRUSS AND SUSPENDER DETAIL.
11. INTERIOR OF BRICK AND STEEL SHED LOOKING NORTH.
12. SOUTH WALL OF BRICK AND STEEL SHED LOOKING NNW.
CONTROL #:
AL1290
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