Loading docks, NCRR Freight Shed

ID: 1390 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record ~ Creator: Jack Boucher ~ Date: c. 1983
This file appears in: Northern Central Railroad Baltimore Freight Shed
Loading docks, NCRR Freight Shed
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The Northern Central Railroad built loading docks on the west side of the shed along Hunter Street in 1946 where freight moved from trains to waiting trucks.

This file appears in: Northern Central Railroad Baltimore Freight Shed

By The Explore Baltimore Heritage team
Built by the Northern Central Railroad, the former Baltimore Freight Shed is a rare example of composite timber and iron roof construction of the mid nineteenth century. The roof structure is comprised of a series of tricomposite trusses with…