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Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling the Installation's wartime mission.

Survey number: HAER CA-125-M

Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Historic American Engineering Record
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West Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) ,  37.82327, -122.29792
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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