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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Depot at Junction City, Kansas, 423 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Facility Yard, Car Supplies Storehouse, Sixth & Taylor Streets, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

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Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Attu Street & Corregidor Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Attu Street & Corregidor Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling the Installation's wartime mission.

Survey number: HAER CA-125-M

Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Historic American Engineering Record
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Location

West Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) ,  37.82327, -122.29792
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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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Oakland Naval Supply Center, Dry Provisions Storehouses, Between Third & Fourth Streets, Between G & L Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

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war world war ii forts and fortifications railroad shops and yards military facilities repair shops west oakland oakland calif oakland army oakland army base railroad shop railroad engine shop engineer engineer road alameda alameda county california historic american engineering record photo ultra high resolution high resolution historic american landscapes survey historic american buildings survey architecture railroad architecture army base military battles and campaigns library of congress