| Here is page 51 of a 96-page monograph entitled "Power To Burn: Smoke, Steam, & Cinders" that was edited by James M. Shafer and published during 1976. Photo Caption: "Here it all began. The above print from a tin-type photograph, made in 1854, shows the original PRR shops, which at that time were devoted mainly to repair. The PRR did not begin building locomotives until after 1865." The long Shop building pictured here borders on Altoona's Ninth Avenue. |