Howell Tower and Interlocking Plant
- Title:
- Howell Tower and Interlocking Plant
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Whitworth, T.A.
- Coordinates:
- 33.784578,-84.415674
- Latitude:
- 33.784578
- Longitude:
- -84.415674
- Site:
- Howell Industry Tracks, Inman Yards
- Location:
- Atlanta, GA
Howell Industry Tracks, Inman Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f065
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SOU
- Internal Number:
- #5
- Exhibit Number:
- U
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f065.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Howell Tower is white building at left. The small building on legs, seen over front of parked station wagon, houses a two-unit TV camera. It takes pictures on left side of Southern trains from the south and on the right side for trains from the east. Signal on right governs Seaboard crossing Southern. East bound Southern crosses L&N and Seaboard from camera at left to right behind small white building. Road crossing, building, numerous signals for three railroads, weeds poles and very heavy traffic at times.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 58
- Folder:
- 65
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.