Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

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14 drawings
38 b&w photos
109 data pages
4 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WV-86

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 14 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 38 (5 x 7)
Data Page(s): 108 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WV-86

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N963).

Building/structure dates: 1894 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1913 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1930 subsequent work

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the station was built as the finishing touch on a series of improvements made to the main line at Harpers Ferry from 1892-1894. The station was moved from its original location to its present site in 1931 during a second round of improvements. Both sets of improvements were made during periods of economic uncertainty and both significantly modified the historic landscape of Harpers Ferry. The station is historically significant today, not only for its association with a notable architect, but also because it continues a long record of service for the region's rail passengers.

SUBJECTS:
WEST VIRGINIA--Jefferson County--Harpers Ferry
railroad stations

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.wv0538

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. WEST END OF STATION WITH MARC TRAIN APPROACHING.
2. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF STATION FROM WEST END.
3. VIEW OF EAVES, LOOKING E.
4. EASTBOUND VIEW. NORTH TRACK WAITING STATION ON LEFT. STATION ON RIGHT. NOTE TUNNEL IN BACKGROUND.
5. ELEVATION OF BAGGAGE ROOM, LOOKING S.
6. ELEVATION OF PASSENGER WAITING ROOM, LOOKING S.
7. WINDOW DETAIL, TICKET OFFICE LOOKING S.
8. ELEVATION OF STORAGE ROOMS, LOOKING S.
9. ELEVATION OF SUBWAY, LOOKING S.
10. CORNER OF STATION, LOOKING SW.
11. VIEW OF SUBWAY, LOOKING N. NOTE NORTH TRACK WAITING STATION IN BACKGROUND
12. ENTRANCE INTO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY.
13. VIEW FROM POTOMAC RIVER BRIDGE PLATFORM WEST TOWARDS STATION. HARPERS FERRY DEPOT IS ON LEFT, NORTH TRACK WAITING STATION IS ON RIGHT.
14. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF STATION, LOOKING W.
15. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF STATION.
16. ELEVATION OF STATION WITH PARKING LOT. LOOKING N.
17. BAGGAGE ROOM, NORTH WALL.
18. DETAIL OF DOOR, BAGGAGE ROOM, NORTH WALL
19. DETAIL OF WINDOW, BAGGAGE ROOM, WEST WALL.
20. BAGGAGE ROOM, SOUTH WALL.
21. VIEW OF RECEIVING ROOM, RAILWAY EXPRESS OFFICE TO RIGHT.
22. VIEW OF RECEIVING ROOM, LOOKING SSW. RAILWAY EXPRESS OFFICE TO LEFT.
23. INTERIOR OF RAILWAY EXPRESS OFFICE LOOKING N.
24. WAITING ROOM INTERIOR, LOOKING AT NORTH AND EAST WALLS.
25. DETAIL OF TICKET OFFICE WINDOW AND TRAIN BULLETIN.
26. WAITING ROOM INTERIOR, LOOKING AT SOUTH AND WEST WALLS.
27. INTERIOR OF TICKET OFFICE, LOOKING N.
28. INTERIOR OF TICKET OFFICE, LOOKING NW.
29. INTERIOR OF TICKET OFFICE, LOOKING E.
30. BOILER ROOM, LOOKING NE.
31. BOILER ROOM, LOOKING INTO TICKET OFFICE.
32. DOOR KNOB DETAIL OF SOUTH DOOR TO BOILER ROOM.
33. INTERIOR OF EAST STORAGE ROOM (FORMERLY FIRST FLOOR OF SIGNAL TOWER).

CONTROL #:
WV0538

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