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U.S. #4710m
2012 45¢ Railroad Roundhouse
Earthscapes
2012 45¢ Railroad Roundhouse
Earthscapes
Issue Date: October 1, 2012
City: Washington, DC
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 2,670,000
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America, Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Offset
Perforations: Die Cut 10 ¾
Color: multicolored
In the early days of railroads, trains could only move forward, so turntables were devised to reverse directions for the cars. A 60-foot turntable occupied the center of the roundhouse. Passenger cars in need of repair were driven onto a turntable in the roundhouse then positioned to enter one of the repair bays.
The world’s largest 22-sided building was built in Baltimore, Maryland, over 125 years ago. The roundhouse, completed in 1884, was used to service locomotives for the B&O Railroad. It was over an acre in size, and 135 feet tall, the largest circular industrial building in the world at the time. Locomotives and cars in need of service occupied its 22 bays.
By the 1920s, longer cars were constructed, and the roundhouse could no longer accommodate them. The building sat idle for years and was slated for demolition. Instead, the B&O Railroad restored the building to house the company’s extensive collection of historic trains and artifacts. The B&O Transportation Museum opened on July 4, 1953.
The roundhouse was just one of the many innovations by American’s first commercial railroad. Its functional and attractive design makes it a piece of history worth preserving.
U.S. #4710m
2012 45¢ Railroad Roundhouse
Earthscapes
2012 45¢ Railroad Roundhouse
Earthscapes
Issue Date: October 1, 2012
City: Washington, DC
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 2,670,000
Printed By: Banknote Corporation of America, Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Offset
Perforations: Die Cut 10 ¾
Color: multicolored
In the early days of railroads, trains could only move forward, so turntables were devised to reverse directions for the cars. A 60-foot turntable occupied the center of the roundhouse. Passenger cars in need of repair were driven onto a turntable in the roundhouse then positioned to enter one of the repair bays.
The world’s largest 22-sided building was built in Baltimore, Maryland, over 125 years ago. The roundhouse, completed in 1884, was used to service locomotives for the B&O Railroad. It was over an acre in size, and 135 feet tall, the largest circular industrial building in the world at the time. Locomotives and cars in need of service occupied its 22 bays.
By the 1920s, longer cars were constructed, and the roundhouse could no longer accommodate them. The building sat idle for years and was slated for demolition. Instead, the B&O Railroad restored the building to house the company’s extensive collection of historic trains and artifacts. The B&O Transportation Museum opened on July 4, 1953.
The roundhouse was just one of the many innovations by American’s first commercial railroad. Its functional and attractive design makes it a piece of history worth preserving.