WB. Here is an image of an official photo that was taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in October of 1919. Prominent here is the outdoor Gantry Crane at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Machine Shops. Suspended in midair is a reconditioned steam locomotive firebox & boiler tube assembly. Visible in the foreground are several cylinder saddles and front-coupler assemblies. The names of the three Shopmen pictured here are not recorded. William E. Burket Collection. |
Date:
10/24/1919 |
Location:
Altoona, PA Map ![Show Altoona on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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Thomas C. Ayers |
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Author: Thomas C. Ayers
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![PRR Altoona Machine Shops, 1919](/pictures\145059\AMS_Gantry_19OCT_A-Pb.jpg) |
Picture Categories: Steam |
This picture is part of album: PRR: Burket Collection ~> Shops-Altoona |