Item 12401 - The Frog Shops at the Portland Company, ca. 1905
- Item 12401 - The Frog Shops at the Portland Company, ca. 1905
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- Item 12401
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Image Info "Many cast components were used for railroad switches on the railroads. The Portland Company had a special "frog shop" where these castings were machined after casting to fabricate the needed rail switches." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcardia Pub., 2002. p. 43.
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