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Illinois Central Railroad Shops

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1870, after. 1006 E. 4th St.

A semi-circular single-story roundhouse containing 14 stalls was created in brick. The external walls are divided by pilasters into repeated bays, each of which is filled with a band of high windows.

Writing Credits

Author: 
David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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What's Nearby

East Waterloo High School
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Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Longfellow School
Grant Elementary School

Citation

David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Illinois Central Railroad Shops", [Waterloo, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-NO308.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 444-444.

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