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VIEW LOOKING NORTH UP RIGHT-OF-WAY SHOWING SWITCHING SUBSTATION AND STATION-HOTEL ON WEST SIDE OF TRACKS. - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg Repair Shops, West Side of Tuscarora Creek Opposite East End of Race Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV
Depicted place West Virginia; Berkeley County; Martinsburg
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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HAER WVA,2-MART,1-2
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  • Significance: Since the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company felt that the facilities at Sandy Hook, Maryland, were inadequate, in 1849, $35,000 was spent for construction of various structures at Martinsburg to replace Sandy Hook. Besides the central engine station, a brick engine house with a turntable in front and 11 stalls for locomotives, a brick engine shop with a smithy and stationary engine shed attached, and two coal sheds with depositories for wood, were built at this time. In 1852, large expenditures were deemed necessary for the acquisition of additional grounds to construct shops which the company required for its "prospective wants." In 1856, $11,555.69 was spent to widen the depot grounds and to construct the foundation for a new engine house. However, the Civil War interrupted plans to improve the facilities at Martinsburg.
  • Survey number: HAER WV-1
  • Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1962 Demolished
  • Building/structure dates: 1866 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1870 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0053.photos.172828p
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