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Baltimore & Potomac Interlocking Tower, Adjacent to AMTRAK railroad tracks in block bounded by Howard Street, Jones Falls Expressway, Maryland Avenue & Falls Road, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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Baltimore & Potomac Interlocking Tower, Adjacent to AMTRAK railroad tracks in block bounded by Howard Street, Jones Falls Expressway, Maryland Avenue & Falls Road, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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Significance: The tower is part of the Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station terminal complex, which represented the peak of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's development in Baltimore. The tower's design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of railroad engineering practices and interlocking signal technology in the early twentieth century.
Survey number: HAER MD-163

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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Location

Baltimore, Maryland, United States39.29038, -76.61219
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Library of Congress
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