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I.C.R.R. Shops,
Paducah, Ky.-17
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Locomotives and cars from over
the entire Illinois Central System
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
are brought to these mammoth
Paducah shops for rebuilding, re-
modeling and repairing. The huge plant begun
in 1925 and covering 110 acres when com-
pleted cost $8,500,000, and is Paducah's largest
single industry. There are 16 miles of rail-
road track within the shop and premises, 15
cranes, some large enough to lift a giant loco-
motive like a toy, 24 oil storage tanks with a
capacity of 192,000 gallons and machine tools
varying from tiny presses to monsters weigh-
ing 2100 tons.
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MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS.
