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Railroad Car Repair Roundhouse Fire
ca. 1937-1957
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Title
Railroad Car Repair Roundhouse Fire
Date
ca. 1937-1957
Identifier
20110217-hpicpitcairn-0155
Source Identifier
154
Description
A disastrous railroad fire in the Pitcairn Yards in the late 1940s destroyed the storeroom of the car repair roundhouse (on the left). In the background, behind the General Foreman’s office, is the power plant smokestack. To the right are the blacksmith and machine shops. Most of the buildings shown here were demolished in the 1960s.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Railroad yards--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
Railroad repair shops--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
Fires--Pennsylvania--Pitcairn.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pitcairn (Pa.)--History.
Source
hpicpitcairn
Contributor
Pitcairn Historical Society
Collection
Pitcairn Historical Society Collection
Rights Information
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