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Jackson Street Shops, Engine House, Jackson Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN
Summary
Significance: The Engine House, a repair facility for locomotives, along with the rest of the Jackson Street shops is significant to the development of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railroad. As a group, they are the city's oldest known railroad shop complex. In its early alterations, this building reflects the advent of the diesel engine and it application to railroading as the original structure was extended to accommodate the longer diesel locomotives.
Survey number: HABS MN-67-K
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
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Date
1907 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Rutman, George
U.S. Post Office
Great Northern Railroad Company
Bartlett, Samuel L
Location
minnesota, 44.96075, -93.10317
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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
