The Railroad Roundhouse

Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place.

Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse - 1

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Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse, Original Site, Marshall, Michigan, 1890-1900

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad "South Yards" Roundhouse Barrel Storage, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1924

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse and Yards, Jackson, Ohio, 1924

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse Interior, Ironton, Ohio, 1923

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse Interior, Ironton, Ohio, 1923 - 1

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, South Yards, Flat Rock, Michigan, May 1924

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923 - 1

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Engine on Turntable at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924

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Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924

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Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - 1

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Lockers and Lunch Area inside the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse in Flat Rock, Michigan, 1943

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"Old Charles River" Locomotive, South Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1881

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Locomotives at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1883

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Railroad Workers Standing with Steam Locomotive on Turntable, circa 1900

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Roundhouse at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad "South Yards," Flat Rock, Michigan, 1924

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse at Napoleon, Ohio, 1921

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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923 - 2

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Railroad Turntable, 1901

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Keywords	1884 Locomotive Roundhouse Greenfield Village Greenfield Village buildings
Themes	Mobility

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