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Twelfth Street Car Shops, Master Mechanic's Office, Ninth Avenue & Twelfth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Twelfth Street Car Shops, Master Mechanic's Office, Ninth Avenue & Twelfth Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: The 1882 section of this building is the oldest surviving structure of the former "Machine Shops" branch in Altoona.
Survey number: HAER PA-231-C
Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1896 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Pennsylvania Railroad

America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor

Madrid, transmitter

place

Location

Altoona (Pa.), 40.51774, -78.40266

Google Map of 40.517745, -78.40265819999999

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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