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Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, WA
LocationSouth side of South Drive,
Fort Lewis, WA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS WA-199-A
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N57).
Building/structure dates:
1944 initial construction
Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures that served as train locomotive maintenance sheds dating from the Second World War mobilization efforts (the other building is located at Fort Drum, New York, and has been documented as HABS Number NY-6337-D). The construction techniques utilized in this building exemplify those used in most of the facilities that were built based on the Theater of Operations standard construction designs developed in 1942 by the War Department for the mobilization effort during World War II.
Subjects
War (World War II)Wooden BuildingsMilitary Facilities
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL CONTEXT, VIEW OF BUILDING TO SOUTHEAST SHOWING RAILROAD TRACKS WEST OF STRUCTURE
2. GENERAL VIEW TO SOUTHEAST SHOWING DOUBLE DOORS ON NORTH SIDE AND WINDOWS ON WEST SIDE
3. CLOSER VIEW OF NORTH SIDE
4. DETAIL, DOUBLE DOORS ON NORTH SIDE; NOTE PILOT DOOR AT LOWER LEFTHAND CORNER OF EAST (LEFT) DOOR
5. DETAIL OF PILOT DOOR (EXTERIOR FACE)
6. DETAIL OF PILOT DOOR (INTERIOR FACE) SHOWING FRAMING AND HINGES
7. DETAIL OF MIDDLE HINGE OF EAST DOOR, NORTH SIDE
8. GENERAL OBLIQUE VIEW OF WEST SIDE
9. TYPICAL SASH WINDOW AT WEST SIDE
10. GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING AND WAREHOUSES TO THE NORTH OF BUILDING 1-B-99
11. GENERAL OBLIQUE VIEW OF WEST AND SOUTH SIDES
12. DETAIL OF VENT STACK
13. VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE
14. GENERAL OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTHEAST CORNER, SHOWING SAND DRYING ROOM AND COAL BIN
15. GENERAL OBLIQUE VIEW OF NORTHEAST CORNER (OBSCURED BY TREE)
16. DETAIL OF EAST SIDE SHOWING COAL BIN, SAND DRYING ROOM, AND OIL STORAGE ROOM
17. DETAIL OF COAL BIN, EAST SIDE
18. GENERAL INTERIOR VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH
19. GENERAL INTERIOR VIEW, LOOKING NORTH
20. GENERAL VIEW OF CEILING, SHOWING VENT STACK AND ASBESTOS PANELS
21. VIEW OF VENT STACK, LOOKING DIRECTLY UP FROM BELOW
22. VIEW OF VENT STACK, LOOKING NORTHEAST AND SHOWING CONNECTION TO TRUSSES
23. VIEW FROM PLATFORM TO NORTHEAST
24. VIEW OF RAFTERS, SHOWING CROSS BRACING AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUILDING
25. DETAIL OF RAFTERS FROM PLATFORM LOOKING EAST; NOTE CROSS BRACING TO THE RIGHT
26. DETAIL OF RAFTER CONNECTION TO WALL STRUCTURE, LOOKING NORTH; NOTE BOLTED CONNECTIONS
27. DETAIL OF FRAMING AT EAST WALL, LOOKING NORTH
28. DETAIL OF DOUBLE DOORS SHOWING CROSS BRACING AND DIAGONAL TONGUE AND GROOVE SHEATHING; NOTE PILOT DOOR AT LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER
29. DETAIL OF ENTRANCE INTO OIL STORAGE ROOM; NOTE ROOF RAFTERS ABOVE DOOR
30. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). PLANS, ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 1300-240
31. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). PLANS, MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 1300-241
32. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). ROOF FRAMING PLAN & DETAILS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 1300-242
33. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 1300-243
34. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). STANDARD ALTERNATE SIDING DETAILS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 700-5002
35. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). STANDARD WINDOW DETAILS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 700-5100
36. Photocopy of War Department drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). STANDARD DOOR DETAILS, DRAWING NUMBER T.O. 700-5106
37. Photocopy of Resident Engineer drawing (original located at Fort Lewis, Washington). COMPLETION MAP [SITE PLAN OF BLOCK B], SHEET 8 OF 16, 1944
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