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Photographer: Michael C. Wilcox
Taken: December 29, 2016
Caption: Historic Spencer Shops - "Back Shop" building
Additional Description: The immense Back Shop structure was built in 1905 and served as the major overhaul facility for steam locomotives. The largest structure on the site, and once the largest industrial building in North Carolina, the Back Shop served as an enormous machine shop where locomotives were disassembled with the aid of a crane. Lathes and milling machines were used to re-machine the parts before everything was reassembled. At the peak of activity, two to three locomotives per week emerged as new from the Back Shop.
Submitted: January 5, 2017, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p373100
File Size: 4.592 Megabytes

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