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Twelfth Street Car Shops, Master Mechanic's Office, Ninth Avenue & Twelfth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The 1882 section of this building is the oldest surviving structure of the former "Machine Shops" branch in Altoona.

Survey number: HAER PA-231-C

Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work

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offices altoona pa twelfth car shops twelfth street car shops master mechanic master mechanic ninth ninth avenue twelfth street altoona blair blair county pennsylvania america industrial heritage project aihp historic american engineering record pennsylvania railroad photo master mechanic office ultra high resolution high resolution industrial history library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pennsylvania Railroad
America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor
Madrid, transmitter
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Location

Altoona (Pa.) ,  40.51774, -78.40266
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

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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