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Identifier
200913512
Approximate Date
January 1951
Description
This black and white photograph features Newton in 1951. This aerial view of Newton depicts the business district, roundhouse and railroad yards. Good view of buildings along West Fourth Street and Plum Street. Information typed on back of photo: 'View looking Southeast. Building at northeast corner of roundhouse was storage for firebrick for steam engines. Building on east side of entrance to roundhouse was the first water treating plant Building on west side of entrance to roundhouse was second water treating plant. Long, narrow building to the south was second power plant, west half with smoke stacks was boiler room, east half for steam-operated machinery. Engines stored on track behind freight house were: No. 2515 - K.C.M.O. No. 59 - N.Y. C. No. 2975 - A 2-8-0 built by Brooks in 1910; scrapped at Clovis New Mexico on February 26, 1952. No. 2520 - K.C.MO. No. 64- N. Y.C. No. 2968 - A 2-9-0 built by Brooks in 1910; scrapped, U.S. Steel on January 9, 1952. (Both from Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad) No. 1628 -A 2-10-2 built by Baldwin in 1905 as an oil burner; rebuilt in San Bernardino in February of 1917; scrapped and sold to the Purdy Co. on May 12, 1953. Photo by Morse Studio. - Mike Hurley" Full resolution copies of this file are not available.
Subject
Harvey County (Kan.), Aerial photographs, Railroad companies, Railroad stations, Railroad roundhouses, Railroad facilities, Railroad locomotives
Rights
© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.
Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 02 Panoramic & Aerial Views of Newton
Repository
Recommended Citation
Morse Studio, "Aerial View of the Newton Business District" (1951). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1871.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1871
Language
eng
Keywords
Harvey County (Kan.), Aerial photographs, Railroad companies, Railroad stations, Railroad roundhouses, Railroad facilities, Railroad locomotives
Comments
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