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Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

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Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

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Summary

Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large scale maintenance of steam locomotives and freight cars.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1492
Survey number: HAER NC-8
Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1904-1905 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1910-1911 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
J.P. Morgan & Company
Hudson, C H
Thompson, B
Henderson, John Steel
Shehan, J F
Julian, Robert L
Lane Brothers
Shiffler Bridge Company
John P. Pettyjohn & Co
W.W. Dorning
Higgins, S
Cushing, S D
Lum, D W
Richards, S R
Sweet, W S
Walsh & Weidener Boiler Company
Herron Pump Company
Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company
American Bridge Company
Julian, Robert L
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources of the State of North Carolina, sponsor
Waseff, James, project manager
Lewis, Michele, field team
Arnold, Rebecca, field team
Stammer, Patti, field team
Bluestone, Daneil, field team
Brenner, James, field team
O'Bannon, Patrick, field team
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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Location

north carolina35.69236, -80.43478
Google Map of 35.6923614, -80.43477999999999
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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