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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
D42192-4
Date(s)
- 1949-04-28 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Northern Pacific started a gradual change from steam to diesel power in 1938, they had their first freight diesel electric locomotive in operation and on the road in 1944 and passenger diesels have been added since 1947. Throughout the years Northern Pacific has expanded in Tacoma and in the United States. View of water column at Northern Pacific Railway Company's yards, located at 2102-2324 East L Street in Tacoma's tideflats area.
Railroad tracks--Tacoma; Penstocks--Tacoma; Hydraulic facilities--Tacoma; Water pumps--Tacoma; Water use--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroads--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad companies--Tacoma; Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma);