Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad: Green Island Shops
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| Location | James and Tibbits Streets and the Delaware and Hudson Railroad tracks, Green Island, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°45′2″N 73°41′34″W / 42.75056°N 73.69278°WCoordinates: 42°45′2″N 73°41′34″W / 42.75056°N 73.69278°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1871 |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001161[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 24, 1973 |
The Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad: Green Island Shops are two historic buildings and one historic structure located at Green Island, Albany County, New York. The buildings were built in 1871 by the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad. They are: the three-story, five-bay, brick car shop building measuring approximately 100 by 300 feet (30 by 91 m); the one-story, semicircular, brick roundhouse; and the 40-foot-tall (12 m) octagonal water tower. The shops remained in operation into the late 1930s.[2]:6-8
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ ""Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)"" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Chester H. Liebs (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad: Green Island Shops" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-15, "Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad, Green Island Shops, Tibbitts Avenue & Delaware & Hudson Railroad Tracks, Green Island, Albany County, NY"
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