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Orange & Alexandria Roundhouse (Historical Marker)

GPS Coordinates: 38.8000453, -77.0443741
Closest Address: 338 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Orange & Alexandria Roundhouse (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

Orange & Alexandria Roundhouse
Orange & Alexandria Railroad roundhouse, formerly located near Duke and South Henry Streets. Engine named after Brigadier General Herman Haupt, Chief of Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads during the Civil War. Mathew Brady photograph after 1863. Courtesy Library of Congress.

Editor's Note:
Engine No. 232. -- Engine "Gen. Haupt," This 1863 Mathew Brady Photo of the General Haupt in front of the roundhouse is reproduced on the marker.

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