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Title
[Southern Pacific Railroad Sacramento Shops complex: interior view of Machine Shop]
Date
Not dated
Description
1 photographic print mounted mounted on 11 x 14 in. board ; 7-5/8 x 9-1/2 in.
Subject(s)
Summary
Interior view of Machine Shop looking north. Boiler and truss work are on a dirt floor. In the Machine Shop metal objects were cut down to finished dimensions. The Shop contained many tools, including lathes, planers, mills, shapers, slotters, drill presses and grinders of various sizes and configurations. Some of the machine tools were immense because of the need to work on giant-sized components. Larger machines were powered through a line shaft system. A bank of six boilers and a Corliss steam engine, located in a central powerhouse, drove a series of leather belts and shafts supplying power to individual machines. This photograph was reproduced in the Sacramento Bee on May 31, 1970, p. D11.
Owning
Institution
California State Railroad Museum Library
Copyright
© CSRM Library
Call
Number
Oversize Photograph 86
Filing
Location
SACRAMENTO SHOPS ALBUMS
Other
Formats
CSRM Negative 269
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