Southern Railway Alexandria Car Shops
The Southern Railway car shop (car repair sheds) in Alexandria stood at South Payne and Wilkes Streets.
I believe the structures may have dated to the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and US Military Railroads era during the Civil War. The wooden sheds may very well have been the same shop in which Abraham Lincoln's Presidential car was built. Compare with the twin wood structures in the 1865 Library of Congress photo below, taken from approximately the same position.
www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.08259/
The twin wooden structures are clearly marked on the 1907 Sanborn insurance map of Alexandria. At that time, two tracks led into each bay. Sanborn maps of 1941 and 1958 identify these frame structures as Car Repair Sheds.The structures were demolished in the 1990s.
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Southern Railway Alexandria Car Shops
The Southern Railway car shop (car repair sheds) in Alexandria stood at South Payne and Wilkes Streets.
I believe the structures may have dated to the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and US Military Railroads era during the Civil War. The wooden sheds may very well have been the same shop in which Abraham Lincoln's Presidential car was built. Compare with the twin wood structures in the 1865 Library of Congress photo below, taken from approximately the same position.
www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.08259/
The twin wooden structures are clearly marked on the 1907 Sanborn insurance map of Alexandria. At that time, two tracks led into each bay. Sanborn maps of 1941 and 1958 identify these frame structures as Car Repair Sheds.The structures were demolished in the 1990s.
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