Railroad Yard Office #737 (3 Photos)

The yard office (#737), with its distinctive tower was built in 1906. Access to the tower was first gained by a trap door 2X2 6 located in the tower door. The office was nearled doubled in size with a 15 x 20 addition built in 1912. At that time, a new outside entry was constructed […]

Blast Furnace King Gilbert and Warner Co. of Toledo, OH

opened these blast furnaces at Moxahala in 1879. The firm built some 50 houses which gave Moxahala a boost in becoming a town. The furnace operated successfully up to the mid 1890 s. they were closed and out of business in 1896. Moxahala   1893 LC-PH- 233