C&NW Railroad Roundhouse

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

C&NW Railroad Roundhouse

Entry/Object ID

1.05.298

Description

C&NW Railroad Roundhouse. 4 1/2" x 3 3/4" black and white photograph of the Waseca Chicago & Northwestern Railroad roundhouse in distance; tracks running along left side of photograph; Highway 14 barely visible at far left of tracks; Waseca water tower in extreme distance; black and white duplicate of Accession 23.02

Context

Waseca was a C & NW Chicago and North Western division point, or a place where engines were serviced. The roundhouse and car shops were built in 1881 and for many years provided Waseca's largest payroll. Engines were repaired at the roundhouse while cars went on the "riptrack" to the shops for repair. The roundhouse burned in 1953. Chicago & Northwestern; Chicago and Northwestern; Chicago & NorthWestern; Chicago and NorthWestern; Chicago & North Western; Chicago and North Western; Chicago NorthWestern; Chicago North Western; C & NW; C&NW; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

September 27, 2005

Update Date

May 15, 2025