Southern Pacific, Sacramento Shops, Pitless Transfer Table, 111 I Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Name changed from Car Shop Transfer Table to Pitless Transfer Table to correct error in identification.

Significance: The largest and most comprehensive railroad heavy repair facilities in the Western United States, the unusually self-sufficient Sacramento Shops repaired locomotives and cars throughout its life and built new ones as late as 1937.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1063

Survey number: HAER CA-303-I

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1969 - 1980

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