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P2271Description
Reprint from Del Olsen's glass plates showing railway switching station just north of Centralia, WA. Taken from the top of the old wooden viaduct which crossed RR at 5th Street in north Centralia sometime before 1930 when new 6th Street viaduct was built. Left background shows the location of Ward Blue and Daviscourt Evergreen business building, near Kearney and Prospect St., water tower, coal bunkers, behind which was the roundhouse. Center background is Wester Mill. Right, the houses face Delaware St. and end if viadulct where a sharp left turn put one on what is now Marion St. Left foreground tracks are the switch yard, with the open door privey of railroad workers seen at edge of yards, and right foreground is the mainline tracks.Lexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Centralia, WA, Olsen, Del Glass Plates, Photography - Glass Plates, Railroad, Railroads - Switching Stations, Switching Station, Trains, Transportation - RailroadsCreate Date
January 30, 2009Update Date
June 6, 2024