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The Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse, also known as Beltline Railroad Roundhouse and Sandhouse, in 
The property comprises the block bounded by Lombard St., Sansome St., and the Embarcadero. It was designed and/or built by Newman, Freeman & Alden.
It was designated City and County of San Francisco Landmark #114.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1986.
It served the San Francisco Belt Railroad
The San Francisco Belt Railroad was a short-line railroad along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. It began as the State Belt Railroad in 1889, and was renamed when the city bought the Port of San Francisco in 1969. As a state owned ...
. The property includes an engine house
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An engine house is a building or other structure that holds one or more engines. It is often practical to bring engines together for common maintenance, as when train locomotives are brought together.
Types of engine houses include:
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/ roundhouse known as the Engine House and later as the roundhouse, which was built in 1913, and an auxiliary building known as the sandhouse, which was built in 1914. Both buildings are made of reinforced concrete, finished with cement plaster. With
The property comprises the block bounded by Lombard St., Sansome St., and the Embarcadero. It was designed and/or built by Newman, Freeman & Alden.
It was designated City and County of San Francisco Landmark #114.
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* Railway roundhouses on the National Register of Historic Places Railroad roundhouses in California Engine houses National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco Buildings and structures completed in 1913 {{SanFrancisco-NRHP-stub