Ogden Arsenal, Locomotive Repair Shop, 6233 Aspen Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT
Summary
Significance: Rail transportation was a critical element of early regional military activity. This building provides particularly vivid images of the processes involved in the maintenance, repair, modification, and mobilization of locomotives at Ogden Arsenal. Building 1701 was one of only two such facilities organized by the Army in the 1940s. Additionally, this building provides insight into the use of locomotives by the U.S. military during the Cold War.
Survey number: HAER UT-84-AO
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Dockendorf, Richard, photographer
Location
Layton, 41.12814, -112.02322
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