SA Tower, Between State Route 2006 & West portal of Sand Patch Tunnel, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

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SA Tower, Between State Route 2006 & West portal of Sand Patch Tunnel, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Completed about 1912, the SA tower controls retains its original switching and signaling equipment, including its hydraulic switching rods that run alongside the tracks to the track's two double crossovers.
Survey number: HAER PA-376
Building/structure dates: ca. 1912 Initial Construction

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Date

1912
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Madrid, transmitter
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Location

Sand Patch40.02249, -78.92882
Google Map of 40.022493, -78.9288242
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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