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APPENDIX B:
SELECTED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ALTOONA SHOPS
Configuration of the Altoona Shops in 1890
ALTOONA CAR SHOPS
1. Passenger Car Paint Shop | 420 ft. x 132 ft. |
2. Electric Transfer Table and Pit | 397" x 60" |
3. Group of Maintenance of Way Buildings | 19,142 sq. ft. |
4. Freight Car Paint Shop | 392 ft. x 108 ft. |
5. Freight Car Truck Shop | 82" x 70" |
6. Planning Mill | 356" x 74" |
7. Blacksmith Shop | 357" x 73" |
8. Machine and Cabinet Shop | 303" x 73" |
9. Upholstery and Trimming Shop, (two stories) | 363" x 73" |
10. Passenger Car Erecting Shop | 213" x 133" |
11. Office and Store Room, (two stories) | 79" x 39" |
12. Freight Car Shop | 433 ft. diam. |
13. Steam Turn Table | 100 ft. diam. |
14. Lumber Drying Kilns | 3,343 sq. ft. |
15. Fire Apparatus | 53 ft. x 33 ft. |
Total Floor Area, 368,680 sq. ft. |
ALTOONA
JUNIATA LOCOMOTIVE SHOPS
(Under Construction)
1. Paint Shop | 146 ft.x 67 ft. |
2. Electric and Hydraulic House | 60" x 45" |
3. Boiler Shop | 386" x 80" |
4. Blacksmith Shop | 306" x 80" |
5. Boiler House | 70" x 43" |
6. Office and Store Room, (two stories) | 71" x 51" |
7. Hydraulic Transfer Table and Pit | 261" x 60" |
8. Erecting Shop | 354" x 70" |
9. Machine Shop, (two stories) | 258" x 75" |
Total Floor Area, 118,986 sq. ft. |
SUMMARY
AREA OF SHOPS AT ALTOONA
Locomotive Shops | 367,314 sq. ft. |
Car Shops | 368,680 sq. ft. |
Locomotive Shop | 118,986 sq. ft. |
Total | 854,980 sq. ft. |
Or 19 7-10 acres. |
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
Altoona Shops and Motive Power Statistics (Altoona: Office General
Superintendent Motive Power, 1890), n.p.
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Last Updated: 22-Oct-2004
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