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

Photograph

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Silsbee 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

icehousemuseum@att.net

Color

Black, White

Inventory

Inventoried By

icehousemuseum@att.net

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

icehousemuseum@att.net

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

icehousemuseum@att.net

Create Date

July 1, 2020

Updated By

sburginsing57@gmail.com

Update Date

July 18, 2024