Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL
Summary
Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabama places them within a long and often tumultuous historical context.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N886
Survey number: HAER AL-186
Building/structure dates: 1900-1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Cook & Laurie Contractors
Roberts & Schaefer Contractors
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
Dubin, Elisabeth, historian
Katano, Tomoharu, historian
Holman, Gregory, historian
Location
Montgomery (Ala.), 32.38577, -86.30790
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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