Nickel Plate 779, Lima

Name: Nickel Plate 779
Address: Lima, United States

#7 among attractions in Lima

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Nickel Plate Road 779 is a 2-8-4 or "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, completed on May 13th 1949, for use on fast freight trains. It was the last new steam locomotive to be delivered to the Nickel Plate Road, and alongside L&N 1991, another 2-8-4 for the Louisville and Nashville, is the last of 131 steam engines completed by Lima-Hamilton from 1947-1949, and the final 2-8-4 locomotive on standard gauge completed in the world. Interestingly, L-H's first diesel, A-3080 demonstrator #1000 was completed the same day as #779. NKP also received the first production A-3080, NKP #305, one of 4 delivered by Lima-Hamilton in 1949. ()

Coordinates: 40°44'19"N, 84°5'21"W

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Nickel Plate 779 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lima Stadium, Allen County Courthouse, Ohio Theatre, Elks Lodge.

~930 ftNW
Football, Sport venue, Sport
Lima Stadium, Lima
5 min walk • Lima Stadium, built in the 1930s, is a historic stadium in Lima, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Its significance is listed as its architecture. Its historic and current use is a sports facility. It is the only high school stadium in Ohio to be recognized as a historic landmark.
0.9 miW
Tower
Allen County Courthouse, Lima
23 min walk • The Allen County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located at the corner of North Main Street & East North Street in Lima, Ohio, United States. In 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
0.9 miW
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Theater
Ohio Theatre, Lima
24 min walk • The Ohio Theatre is a historic movie theater in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built in 1927, the theater is a brick and concrete structure featuring multiple architectural styles.
0.9 miW
Church
Elks Lodge, Lima
25 min walk • The former Elks Lodge is a historic building in Lima, Ohio, United States. The lodge was the fifty-fourth of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to be chartered; it is the largest lodge in Ohio.
0.9 miW
40°44'26"N • 84°6'21"W
ArtSpace/Lima, Lima
23 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
0.9 miW
City hall
Lima Memorial Hall, Lima
23 min walk • The Lima Memorial Hall is a historic performing arts center and city hall on the edge of downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Designed by the architectural company of Dawson & McLaughlin and named for local military veterans, the Beaux-Arts building was built in 1908.
0.9 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Klaus Block, Lima
24 min walk • The Klaus Block is a historic building in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built along Main Street in 1870, it is a rectangular three-story structure built in a Victorian variant of the Gothic Revival style of architecture. The exterior features a simple rectangular shape of three bays on each side, topped with a hip roof of asphalt.
0.8 miW
Romanesque architecture
Metropolitan Block, Lima
22 min walk • The Metropolitan Block is a historic commercial building along North Main Street in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built in 1890 at the middle of Lima's petroleum boom, it is historically significant as a well-preserved example of Romanesque Revival architecture.
0.8 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Martin and Kibby Blocks, Lima
22 min walk • The Martin and Kibby Blocks are a pair of historic buildings in downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Erected in 1884, they are brick structures built in the Victorian Gothic style of architecture.
0.8 miW
Romanesque architecture
Neal Clothing Building, Lima
21 min walk • The Neal Clothing Building is the oldest existing building on the central square of Lima, Ohio, United States. Built before the end of the Civil War, it has been recognized as historically significant as a representative of the city's earliest period.

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Which popular attractions are close to Nickel Plate 779?

Nearby attractions include Neal Clothing Building, Lima (21 min walk), Martin and Kibby Blocks, Lima (22 min walk), Metropolitan Block, Lima (22 min walk), ArtSpace/Lima, Lima (23 min walk).