Railroad Roundhouse at Charles River, South Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1881
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Railroad workers posed with a 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotive for this photograph taken in Massachusetts in 1881. The locomotive sat in front of a two-stall engine shed. "Roundhouse" became the common name on American railroads for any building in which locomotives were serviced and maintained -- whether the building was round or not.
Railroad workers posed with a 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotive for this photograph taken in Massachusetts in 1881. The locomotive sat in front of a two-stall engine shed. "Roundhouse" became the common name on American railroads for any building in which locomotives were serviced and maintained -- whether the building was round or not.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1881
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
33.265.1
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 9.25 in
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