Copy of a photo: Railroad Roundhouse in Silsbee, Tx.

Photograph

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Ice House Museum

The roundhouse housed a crew of men who worked for Santa Fe.: Black and white area photo.
The roundhouse housed a crew of men who worked for Santa Fe.

Black and white area photo.

Name/Title

Copy of a photo: Railroad Roundhouse in Silsbee, Tx.

Entry/Object ID

4NN

Tags

Round House

Description

The Santa Fe Roundhouse and Turntable

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Subject

The Roundhouse was a building used for the care of locomotives. This large semicircular structure partially surrounded a turntable. The turntable had lines of rails from it, so that steam locomotive could be driven onto the turntable and rotated to a different direction.

Subject Person or Organization

Ice House Museum & Cultural Center, Inc.

Subject Place

City

Silsbee, Texas

Collection

Railroad

Cataloged By

[email protected]

Color

Black, White

Inventory

Inventoried By

[email protected]

Inventoried Date

Jan 26, 2023

Condition

Reason for Exam

2023

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jan 26, 2023

Materials

paper

Exhibition

Null

Research Notes

Research Type

Railroad

Person

[email protected]

Date

Jan 26, 2023

Notes

Santa Fe steam locomotive used in the operations of the Kirby lumber mill. The turntable was important to the organization of the railroad.

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

July 1, 2020

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

July 18, 2024