File:Northwestern Virginia (BandO) Railroad, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry, U.S. 119 East of Tygart Valley River, Grafton, Taylor County, WV HAER WVA,46-GRAFT,1- (sheet 5 of 5).tif

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HAER WVA,46-GRAFT,1- (sheet 5 of 5) - Northwestern Virginia (BandO) Railroad, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry, U.S. 119 East of Tygart Valley River, Grafton, Taylor County, WV
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HAER WVA,46-GRAFT,1- (sheet 5 of 5) - Northwestern Virginia (BandO) Railroad, Grafton Machine Shop and Foundry, U.S. 119 East of Tygart Valley River, Grafton, Taylor County, WV
Description
Latrobe, Benjamin; Fink, Albert; Bullman, Wendell
Depicted place West Virginia; Taylor County; Grafton
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
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 WVA,46-GRAFT,1- (sheet 5 of 5)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Built by the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, a subsidiary of the B.O., this complex was the major repair facility on the western portion of the line. Grafton was one of the earliest railroad towns.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11
  • Survey number: HAER WV-10
  • Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0107.sheet.00005a
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