{"id":5944,"date":"2021-05-14T18:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:32:53","slug":"raleigh-railroad-turntables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/raleigh-railroad-turntables\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh Railroad Turntables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Random Raleigh history. Locations of the four railroad turntables of yore, from a July 31, 2020, posting of mine on Facebook<\/a>. They’re also mapped on Google Maps<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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1 – Norfolk-Southern
\nUSDA aerial photo, 1959<\/p>\n

2 – Boylan Heights
\nUSDA aerial photo, 1959<\/p>\n

3 – West Johnson Street #1 – Seaboard Airline – Still operating
\nUSDA aerial photo, 1959<\/p>\n

4 – West Johnson Street #2 – Seaboard Airline – Presuming that a turntable was housed in that building.
\nSanborn Map, 1914<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

USDA aerials
\nhttps:\/\/library.unc.edu\/data\/gis-usda<\/a><\/p>\n

Sanborn Maps
\nThat’s trickier. Hit the North Carolina Maps site<\/a>, for public domain Sanborn Maps. But for the 1950 map, check the Library of Congress site<\/a>. And if they don’t have that particular map digitized, use https:\/\/www.nclive.org<\/a>\u00a0which will require access via your local library card\/account.<\/p>\n