
Title
Preview

Identifier
2009135119
Approximate Date
1-1-1984
Description
Newton. 1951. Aerial view of Newton 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 freighthouse 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 oilburner; 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.
Physical Description
5" x 7"
Subject
Harvey County (Kan.), Mills, Railroad companies
Rights
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Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 25 L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection
Repository
Recommended Citation
"Santa Fe rail mill" (1984). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1937.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1937
Language
eng
Keywords
Harvey County (Kan.), Mills, Railroad companies
Comments
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