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NUMBERED STRUCTURES

WEST YARD, HINTON

FIRE PREVENTION MAP

(Partial List starting 1930)

Note:  Numbered Structures 1 thru 26 were located east of the Hinton Depot & in Avis Yard

 

Last Updated: 02/25/2012

 

1.   Section Foreman's House
2.   Pump House
3.   Stock Pen Laborer's House	Located on State Rt. 3 & 20 at Stock Pens.  Retired April 1962.
4.   Laborer's House	Located on State Rt. 3 & 20 at Stock Pens.  Retired April 1962.
5.   Tool Motor Car House
6.   Gasoline Storage
7.
8.
9.    Air Compressor House
11.   M. of W. Store House
12.   M. of W. Carpenter's Shop
13.   Hose House
14.   Lumber Shed
15.   Office
16.   Feed Room	At Stock Pens
17.   Repairers Material House
18.   Gang Foreman's Office
19.   Car Repairer's Material Rack
20-1.   Car Repairer's Oxy-Acetylene Storage
20-2.   Tool House
21.   Car Inspectors Locker Room
22.  Laborers Shanty
23.   Ice Box
24.   Tool and Motor Car House
25.   Lamplighters Shanty
26.
27.    Switchmen's Shanty	14' x 22'   Razed 1986. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
28.    Signal & Water Supply House	14' x 18'   Razed 1986. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
28-3.  Dope House
29.    Motor Car House Number 1	16' x 37'   Razed 1986. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
30.    Ice House w/ Icing Platform	Still extant in the 1990's. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
31.    Yard Section Laborer's House	15' x 38'  Razed 1986. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
32.    Coal Dock for Tool Cars
33.    Scale House *	Standard C &O Scale House with 1960's Addition for Bar Code Reader. Razed 1986
34.    Yard Master's Office (Replaced by #116)	Retired & Razed 1946
35.    Pumping Station *	From Drawing in COHS Files.
36.    One Story Frame House
37.    Hose House
38.    Material Rack
39.    Material Rack
40.    Car Repair Blacksmith Shop
41.    Garage for Automobile Truck	12' x 22' Located above Master Mechanics Office.
42.    Paint House	Retired 1930
43.    Tool Room	Retired 1930
44.    Toilet.	Retired 1930
45.    Air Room	Retired 1930
46.    Ice Box	Retired 1930
47.    Oxygen Acetylene Store House
48.    Lumber Shed
49-1.    Oil and Dope House
49-2.    Boiler House

50.    Wheel Lathe House
51.    Assist. Yard Master's Office As Built *	Rebuilt as Grand Central Yard Office after it was moved to foot of Virginia Ave. (1950's?)
52.    Running Repairmen Shanty	Removed 1930
53.    Engine Inspector's Shanty	Removed 1930
53-1.  Engine Box Packers Shanty	Removed 1930
54.
55.
56.    Coal Bin Laborer's Locker House	Removed 1930 (Locker for old trestle coaling bin)
57.    Cinder Pit Laborer's Shanty
58.    Apprentice School and Office (Stove House)	Retired 1933.
59.    Fire Hydrant & Hose House	On Hill Track to Freight Depot, opposite Water Treatment Plant
60.    Pipe House	Retired 1930
61.    Paint Shop	Retired 1930
62.    Hose House	6' x 6' 4"
63.    Shavings House	Retired 1932
64.    Roundhouse Office	Original 64 Retired & Razed 1942. New Roundhouse Office given same number.
65.    17 Stall Roundhouse  Various Drawings	Final six stalls razed 1982. From C&O drawings and on site measurements.
66.   Fire Hose House?	May have been Fire Hose House adjacent to West Wall of Roundhouse?
67.    Hostler's Shanty	Frame 6' x 6' Located at Wash Rack
68.    Blacksmith & Boiler Shop	Brick
69.    Machine Shop Air & Tool Room	Brick
70.    Hose House (later converted to tool house)	Frame 6' x 8'. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
71.    Oxy Acetylene Store Room
72.    Shop Toilet Building	Retired 1942 and replaced by toilet & washroom in old boiler shop.
73.    Oil Room Storehouse & Office	Brick 32' x 64'
74.    Boiler Washing Plant

75.    Storeroom *	Frame. Attached to the west end of the Mallet Engine House Carpenter Shop. Retired 1940
76.    Woodworking Shop *	Attached to Mallet Engine House.  See Mallet Engine House Plans.
77.    Mallet Engine House *	Drawings in COHS Files. Razed circa 1959.
78.    Stoker Material	Located adjacent to Old Yard Office #34
79.    Lumber Shed	Located adjacent to Old Yard Office #34
80.    Battery Charging Plant	Located adjacent to Old Yard Office #34. Retired 1947.
81.    Master Mechanics Office	Brick 28' x 55'
82.    Boiler House *	Drawings in COHS Files.  42' x 50'
83.    Coal House	13' x 22' Behind Bldg. 68 (Blacksmith Shop) Had chute down to blacksmith shop.
84.    Section Storekeepers Office	In Avis Yard
85.    Coal Elevator Office	19' x 25'    Drawings in COHS Files.  Built 1930
86.    Engine Supply House & Locker *	13' 6"' x 15' + 58' 4"' x 20'  Drawing in COHS Files.  Built 1930
87.    Ice House *	16' x 16'  Drawing in COHS Files.  Built 1930
88.    Arch Brick Storeroom *	20' x 60'  Situation Plan in COHS Files.  Blaw-Knox Metal Pre-fab. Built 1930
89
90.    Blacksmith Shop *	30' x 80' Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis)
91     Storeroom & Office	Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis)
92     Toilet *	20' x 40' Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis)
93     Boiler House *	28' x 28' Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis) Martin Steel Products Co., Mansfield, Ohio.
94     Lumber Shed *	40' x 20' Wood, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis)
95     Wood Shop * (Partial Scan of Dwg)	40' x 60' Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis) Bldg. No. Educated Guess
96     Air Room	Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis) Bldg. No. Educated Guess
97     Dope House	Metal, Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis) Bldg. No. Educated Guess
98.
99.      Chemical House & Water Treatment	30' x 58' + 40' x 63' 600,00 Gal. Tank. Partial Drawings in COHS Files.  Built 1930
100.    Pump House for D & M Oil *	6' x 8'  Drawing in COHS Files. Built 1930
101.	Part of Light Repair Yard (Avis)
102.
103.    Hostler's Shanty	7' x 7' Located to rear (west) of roundhouse.
104.    Tool House for Air Conditioning Equipment	11' x 12'   Built 1935. Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
105.
106.    Linemen's Tool House	Structure also observed in Thurmond, WV and Alleghany, VA.  On site measurements.
107.

108.    Propane Gas Storage House	Built 1947 Replaced original #108. From photos and on site measurements.
109.    Inspection Car House	12' x 22'  Built 1942.  Author's drawings from photos and on site measurements.
110.
111.    Garage for Automobile	12' x 22'  Built 1943.  Behind Ice House at station.
112.    Hose House?
113.    Oil House Building
114.    D&M Cleaning House?	Wood Frame erected next to Wash Rack. (1945?)
115.     Welding Shop?
116.    Yard Office Building	Replaced Building #34 1946. Partial Drawings in COHS Files.

 

Note:  Neither the Depot nor the Railroad Y.M.C.A. were given a number on the 1930 Fire Prevention Map.

 

Note:  A number of these structures were moved or removed as a part of the West Yard improvements in 1930, or shortly thereafter.

 

Note:  Structures for which the author has a copy of drawings from COHS archives indicated with  " * ".

    

Copyright 2010 William E. Simonton, III