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
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 39.29038, -76.61219
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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