Monday, May 1, 2017

Ferguson, KY: Cincinnati Southern Railway Back Shops and Roundhouse

Noah Bragga posted five 1916 photos of the interiors of the repair shops for the Cincinnati Southern Railway in Ferguson, KY. He found them in Kentucky Digital Library.

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The Ferguson High School was closed in 1968, but Google still has the school's location. Looking at a 1951 aerial photo confirms that RSI Logistics CRANE now uses this land.

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The aerial photo indicates that a roundhouse was built between the backshops and the mainline. In fact, you can still see the land scars of some of the stalls.
Tim Starr posted
Interior view of the blacksmith shop furnaces at the Southern Railroad's Ferguson (Somerset) KY shops in 1917. (University of Kentucky archives)


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