Virginia & Truckee Railroad Shops, Between Plaza, Ann, Stewart & Sophia Streets, Carson City, Carson City County, NV

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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

8 drawings
11 b&w photos
12 data pages

TITLE:
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Shops, Between Plaza, Ann, Stewart & Sophia Streets, Carson City, Carson City County, NV

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NEV,13-CARCI,6-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 8 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NV-13-7

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4).

Building/structure dates: 1872 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1901 subsequent work

Significance: This large building is the most impressive visible remainder of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, one of the most famous of America's Short-Line Railroads.

SUBJECTS:
NEVADA--Carson City County--Carson City
building deterioration
stone buildings (sandstone)
railroad shops & yards

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nv0032

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy Credit: Nevada State Museum SOUTH SIDE AND EAST FACADE, JUNE 16, 1882
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy Credit: Nevada Historical Society EAST FACADE, SHOWING 'ROUNDTABLE' (EARLY 20th. C.)
3. Historic American Buildings Survey, Nevada Professional and Service Projects Taken 1939
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy Credit: Stephen E. Drew Collection GENERAL VIEW, RAILWAY YARDS, SHOWING EAST FACADE OF SHOPS AND AUXILLIARY BUILDINGS, MAY 29, 1949
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 EAST FACADE, LOOKING WEST
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 EAST FACADE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING EAST
9. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 WEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
10. Historic American Buildings Survey Aaron A. Gallup, Photographer, November, 1972 COURTYARD, LOOKING EAST
11. Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy Credit: Stephen E. Drew Collection INTERIOR, SHOWING TRAIN ENGINE AND TRUSS CONSTRUCTION, AUGUST, 1938

CONTROL #:
NV0032

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