Southern Railway Company, Spencer Shops, Salisbury Avenue between Third and Eight Streets, Spencer, Rowan County, NC

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Significance: The Spencer Shops served as the largest maintenance and repair facility in the Southern Railway Company system. The extant structures provide important indications of the requirements of large scale maintenance of steam locomotives and freight cars.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1492

Survey number: HAER NC-8

Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1904-1905 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1910-1911 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work

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