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Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets, Railroad Station, Amtrak (formerly Pennsylvania Railroad Station), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply to the railroad's power distribution system from New York to Washington, D.C. The load dispatchers who work at this site oversee the electrical load on sections of the system. They are responsible for maintaining continually and availability of power for operation of trains on the system...
Survey number: HAER PA-404-B
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522
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
