Here is page 26 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Text Excerpt: "By the time the main line was completed over the mountain [in 1854], Altoona Shops had a half-round car erecting shop, a locomotive erecting shop, as well as foundry, blacksmith, machine, woodworking, and paint shops." |