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 Storehouse - Savannah, GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 32° 04.517 W 081° 06.133
17S E 490352 N 3548784
The Storehouse is one of several markers located at the Georgia State Railroad Museum, 655 Louisville Road, Savannah, GA. There is an entrance fee.
Waymark Code: WMKDB3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2014
Views: 3
Storehouse
This Storehouse was constructed in 1925 to hold a wide variety of supplies used by the railroad.
Storehouse stock included tools and parts necessary to work on train cars, but also the many items needed to run the Central of Georgia’s “miniature city”. Orderly arrangements of thousands of items in bins and shelves was critical. In 1926, years before computers, this was a job for the storekeeper, four clerks and a stenographer. The nuts, bolts, and other items needed to build or repair passenger cars were arranged by the American Railway Association classification system. The Storehouse also contained a Multigraph Department for printing forms, letterhead, and other paperwork necessary for the railroad’s operation.
Selected Storehouse items 1926
• Locomotive parts
• Upholstery cloth
• Fire brick
• Bolts, nuts, washers
• Housekeeping supplies
• Copper ingots
• First aid kits
• Stationery
• Oxalic Acid
• Pig tin
• Concrete mixings
• Pumice, rosin, glue
• Signal flags
Type of Marker: Railroad
Marker #: None
Date: None
Sponsor: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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