Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets, Railroad Station, Amtr, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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13 b&w photos
16 data pages
3 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets, Railroad Station, Amtr, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,51-PHILA,712B-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 15 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-404-B

Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply to the railroad's power distribution system from New York to Washington, D.C. The load dispatchers who work at this site oversee the electrical load on sections of the system. They are responsible for maintaining continually and availability of power for operation of trains on the system...

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia

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.pa3881

CONTROL #:
PA3881

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