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Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Summary

Significance: A typical electrically powered turntable used in conjunction with the adjacent Erecting Shops and Machine Shops (HAER No. PA-232-D).
Survey number: HAER PA-232-K

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Pennsylvania Railroad

America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor

Madrid, transmitter

place

Location

Altoona (Pa.), 40.51868, -78.39474

Google Map of 40.5186809, -78.3947359

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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