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NORTHEAST FACADE, DETAIL, BAY WINDOW, FROM BELOW AND NORTHEAST, SHOWING BRACKETS AND OVERHANGING EAVES - Baltimore and Potomac Interlocking Tower, Adjacent to AMTRAK railroad tracks in block bounded by Howard Street, Jones Falls Expressway, Maryland Avenue and Falls Road, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Depicted place Maryland; Independent City; Baltimore
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MD,4-BALT,189-7
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  • Significance: The tower is part of the Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station terminal complex, which represented the peak of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's development in Baltimore. The tower's design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of railroad engineering practices and interlocking signal technology in the early twentieth century.
  • Survey number: HAER MD-163
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1386.photos.320095p
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