Roundhouse: (Satellite, this building has repurposed the roundhouse land. See the topo map below, there used to be a L&N railyard between Belmont Street and south of Heinberg Street)
Depot: (Satellite)
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| Old Pensacola posted View of Pensacola Naval Air Station, June 1962. USS Antietam (CV-36) at dock. |
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| Old Pensacola posted Aerial View of NAS Pensacola and USS Lexington, Circa 1970's |
Today, a lot of the buildings are gone and the Coast Guard uses the ship docks.
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| Old Pensacola posted Lady Lexington AVT 16 at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola, Florida 1979 |
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| Old Pensacola posted An official Navy photograph of USS Lexington (AVT-16) at Pensacola. The photo shows the Blue Ghost being readied for towing to Corpus Christi, Texas, in December 1991. There is a piece of heavy equipment (painted yellow) on the forward end of the flight deck. This device would be used to attach the tow cable to the anchor chain. |
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| nps "Pensacola Naval Air Station was the United States' first permanent naval air station, the first Navy pilot training center and the first naval installation to send pilots into combat. In 1911 the Navy secured an appropriation from Congress for a naval air service and within two years Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ordered the creation of the first permanent naval air station at Pensacola, Florida, where the climate favored year-round flying." "The Navy's first aircraft carrier conducted experiments here and the Navy's aerial photography school relocated here. Between 1935 and 1939 the air station expanded its facilities to include aviation mechanics and aviation medicine. Within the historic district are 55 frame and brick buildings, including residential, administrative and maintenance facilities. Particularly notable are the octagonal Armory and Chapel (1854) and six metal seaplane hangers (1916-1918)." "Within nine days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Pensacola Naval Air Station adjusted its training schedule to accommodate 2,300 students per month, a 300 percent increase that produced nearly 20,000 pilots by mid-1943. These Pensacola-trained Navy and Marine fliers sank 63 German submarines and 161 Japanese warships and destroyed more than 15,000 Japanese aircraft while losing 451 aircraft to Japanese fliers. Pensacola made similar contributions to the U.S. military effort in Korea and continues its leadership role today as the headquarters for the Chief of Naval Education and Training. " |
Evidently this base is also the home of the Blue Angels.
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| Michael Hobbs, Jan 2022 |
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| VisitPensacola "When entering the museum, guests step foot onto a replica of the aircraft carrier Nimitz. The 8,000-sq.-ft. Nimitz Flight Deck Exhibit opened late last year and is filled with everything you might see on the real thing, from arresting wires and catapult tracks to deck edge aircraft elevators." |
L&N Roundhouse
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| Pensacola History posted Captured in 1926, this aerial view documents the bustling railway facility that was located north of Wright Street at 10th Avenue. The complex featured a semi-circular engine house (known as a roundhouse) and a central rotating turntable mechanism used to service, pivot, and reverse steam locomotives Dickey Andress shared Derek Reuben: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 1926 L&N RAILROAD PHOTO TAKEN BY NAVY PILOT. |
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| 1944/44 Pensacola Quad @ 25,000 |
Frisco is now A&GC, L&N to the North is CSX, and L&N to the East is FG&A.
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L&N Depot
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| Pensacola History posted Train pulls into the L&N Depot in 1912 Dicky Andress shared Daniel Bennett: Must have been beautiful |
The new depot is bigger, but not prettier.
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| Street View, Jan 2022 |
I used this 1970 map to find the depot.
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| 1970/72 Pensacola Quad @ 24,000 |
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