Conneaut, OH: NKP Coaling Tower and Roundhouse

(Satellite)

I've seen more photos of wooden towers than steel towers. Of course, many of the towers were concrete.

Larry Kantola posted
Conneaut Ohio, Nickel Plate Road

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's post
According to a 1952 historic aerial, the land scar we can still see was the smaller of two roundhouses. The big clump of trees south of Jackson Street was part of the larger roundhouse. The edge of the large roundhouse was flat along Jackson Street. That is, it had different length stalls to fit it into the space that was available between Jackson Street and the original roundhouse.
https://www.google.com/.../@41.9466756,-80.../data=!3m1!1e3
Larry Kantola You can go to that area and still see where the larger round house was as far as the concrete still in the ground.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Larry's comment
The treeline much more accurately shows the flat part of the roundhouse than this 1960 topo map depicts.
1960 Conneaut Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

Larry added the following to his post.

Larry Kantola added
[Note the flat side of the bigtger one by Jackson street.]

Andy Pochatko posted two photos with the comment:

Nickel Plate Railroad Roundhouses, Conneaut, OH (c. 1950)

Pictured are the Nickel Plate Railroad roundhouses at Conneaut, Ohio. The smaller roundhouse (right) was built at the dawn of the railroad in 1882. The larger roundhouse (left) was built in 1911. The 1882 roundhouse was demolished in September, 1961, while the 1911 roundhouse managed a little over a decade more before being demolished in January, 1973. The second picture shows the current yard, as operated by Norfolk and Southern. You can barely make out the outlines of where the roundhouses once stood.

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[I include this copy of the photo because it is exposed differently.]
Rick Shilling posted a darker exposure
1950 Nickle Plate Railroad Roundhouses and Yard, Conneaut, Ohio. Small RH 1882-1961, large RH 1911-1973.

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