Interior, NCRR Freight Shed

ID: 1388 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Historic American Engineering Record ~ Creator: Jack Boucher ~ Date: c. 1983
This file appears in: Northern Central Railroad Baltimore Freight Shed
Interior, NCRR Freight Shed
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Inside the freight shed (view facing south) are the structures built to accommodate passenger traffic in 1946. The archways on the right lead to the loading docks built in the same year.

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…