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Gondola cars in a shop building at the Ralston Steel Car Co.

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Title	Gondola cars in a shop building at the Ralston Steel Car Co.
Subject	Freight cars Railroad cars Railroad cars Railroad yards Railroad terminals
Description	Gondola cars from several railroad lines are sitting in a shop building under construction at the Ralston Steel Car Company yards. Several are from the Hocking Valley Railroad and one from the Boomer Coke and Coal Company. For forty-eight years the Ralston Steel Car Co. was a fixture on the eastside of Columbus, Ohio. It purchased its facilities from the Rarig Engineering Co. in 1905, and was bounded on the west by Cassady Ave, the south by the Pennsylvania Railroad/Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shared trackage and on the north by Fourth Street. The original purchase was 10 acres which would grow to about 24 acres over the years. Joseph S. Ralston and Anton Becker, both of Chicago, were entering the freight car business at a prime time. One of Ralston's very first commercial activities involved installing steel underframes in older wooden cars. The Ralston Co. was a big success expanding rapidly in its first eight years, however, the railroads eventually fell onto hard times and by 1953 the Ralston Co. couldn't continue as a freight car manufacturer or make a go of it repairing freight cars. The company declared bankruptcy and the facility evolved into a warehouse service.
Date of Original	1907
Searchable Date	1907-10-21
Time Period	1901-1910
Location	Columbus; Franklin County; Ohio
Neighborhood	Eastgate
Address	2901 East 4th Avenue.
Identifier	OT-G-RSSC-065
Building Type	Business and industry
Collection	Ohio Transportation Collection
Collection Web Site	www.columbuslibrary.org
Submitting Donor/Loaner	Donated by Alex Campbell.
Original Object Size	8 x 10 in
Rights	A user of any image in this collection is solely responsible for determining any rights or restrictions associated with the use, obtaining permission from the rights holder when required, and paying fees necessary for a proposed use.
Format	Glass negative
Resolution	600ppi
Media Type	JPEG2000
Record Editor	sfc
Date created	2014-02-10

Title	OT-G-RSCC-065014
Subject	Freight cars Railroad cars Railroad cars Railroad yards Railroad terminals Locomotives
Description	For forty-eight years the Ralston Steel Car Co. was a fixture on the eastside of Columbus, Ohio. It purchased its facilities from the Rarig Engineering Co. in 1905, and was bounded on the west by Cassady Ave, the south by the Pennsylvania Railroad/Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shared trackage and on the north by Fourth Street. The original purchase was 10 acres which would grow to about 24 acres over the years. Joseph S. Ralston and Anton Becker, both of Chicago, were entering the freight car business at a prime time. One of Ralston's very first commercial activities involved installing steel underframes in older wooden cars. The Ralston Co. was a big success expanding rapidly in its first eight years, however, the railroads eventually fell onto hard times and by 1953 the Ralston Co. couldn't continue as a freight car manufacturer or make a go of it repairing freight cars. The company declared bankruptcy and the facility evolved into a warehouse service.
Date of Original	19
Location	Columbus; Franklin County; Ohio
Neighborhood	Eastgate
Address	2901 East 4th Avenue.
Identifier	OT-G-RSCC-065014.tif
Collection	Ohio Transportation Collection
Collection Web Site	www.columbuslibrary.org
Submitting Donor/Loaner	Donated by Alex Campbell.
Original Object Size	8 x 10 in
Rights	A user of any image in this collection is solely responsible for determining any rights or restrictions associated with the use, obtaining permission from the rights holder when required, and paying fees necessary for a proposed use.
Format	Glass negative
Resolution	600ppi
Media Type	JPEG2000
Record Editor	sfc
Date created	2014-02-10

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