Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC
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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Tags
railroads
repair shops
brick buildings
railroad companies
railroad industry
railroad locomotive industry
maintenance
railroad roundhouses
machine shops
belt driven machinery
water towers
north carolina
railway
southern railway company
spencer
shops
spencer shops
salisbury
salisbury avenue
eight streets
rowan
rowan county
american bridge company
rebecca arnold
daneil bluestone
james brenner
justine christianson
s d cushing
department of cultural resources of the state of north carolina division of archives and history
john steel henderson
herron pump company
s higgins
historic american engineering record
c h hudson
jp morgan and company
john p pettyjohn and co
robert l julian
lane brothers
michele lewis
d w lum
northern electrical manufacturing company
patrick o bannon
kristen o connell
s r richards
j f shehan
shiffler bridge company
patti stammer
w s sweet
b thompson
ww dorning
walsh and weidener boiler company
james waseff
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
railroad
manufacturing plants
electric locomotives
power generation
power plants
library of congress
industrial history
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
north carolina
,
35.69236, -80.43478
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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