Pennsylvania Railroad Shops
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N 40° 30.789 W 078° 23.983
17T E 720300 N 4487963
By 1947, the Altoona Works consisted of the Altoona car shops, Twelfth Street car shop, South Altoona foundries, and Juniata shops divided into more than fifty shops. These included locomotive shops, blacksmith shops, boiler shops, machine shop, spring shop, air-brake shop, gray iron foundry, nonferrous metal foundry, oil mixing plant, automatic machine shop, pressed steel shop, welding shop, manufacturing machine shop, and brass finishing shop along with other facilities. These shops built new
Waymark Code: WM42FK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Leprechauns
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The PRR built its first repair facilities here in 1850 and opened its first track to Altoona during the same year. By 1925, Altoona was home to the nation's largest concentration of railroad shops, with 16,500 people employed in several locations.
Marker Name: Pennsylvania Railroad Shops

County: Blair

Date Dedicated: 10/05/1996

Marker Type: City

Location: 9th Ave. at 13th St., Altoona

Category: Transportation, Business & Industry, Railroads

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