Covington, KY: C&O Roundhouse

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Tim Starr posted
At street level it's probably easy to miss the fact that the defunct Chesapeake and Ohio roundhouse and shops still stand in downtown Covington, KY.

Steve Russo posted nine photos with the comment: "I don't know if this roundhouse was ever posted before, but I stumbled upon it by accident while in Covington, Kentucky last weekend. The only thing I know is that it was originally C & O, and now I believe it houses a private company."

Jay Piper: C&O! That’s cool! I had always thought it was L&N.

[The L&N roundhouse is further south in the DeCoursey Yard.]

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Richard Shulby commented on Steve's post
Built for the C&O prior to 1894, 13 stalls, turntable gone by 1949, listed in Sanborn as paper stock storage for Triangle Paper Bag Manufacturing Co., building infill over turntable area by 1954. Attached is 1909 Sanborn map. Thanks for posting photos!

Richard Shulby commented on Steve's post
Here's an undated (c1930s?) photo of a locomotive on this turntable. Photographer unknown.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Steve's post
This is one of the few times that I have seen where a roundhouse is not properly depicted on a topo map.
1914 West Cincinnati @ 62,500 and 1952 Newport @ 24,000