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Photographer: Michael C. Wilcox
Taken: December 29, 2016
Caption: Middle Panel
Additional Description: upper photo caption:
Rowan County celebrated its 200th anniversary in April 1953. As part of festivities, the Spencer School band toured the Back Shop, which had by then been modified to service diesel locomotives. An assembly line took the diesel prime movers from disassembly, to overhaul to reassembly, while body work was done on the other side of the building.
center photo caption:
The Back Shop was divided, with one side for locomotives and the other for machinery. This view shows the line of shafts and belts used to operate many of the machines. Small electric motors mounted on the steel columns were used to power the line shafts.
lower photo caption:
This interior view shows three of the four tracks used for locomotive servicing. Locomotives entered the south end of the building and worked their way through repair stations. The skylights and large windows let in natural light, allowing electricity to be used for machinery rather than lighting.
Submitted: June 21, 2017, by Michael C. Wilcox of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p386376
File Size: 3.851 Megabytes

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