Signal Bridge: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite, this was the headhouse location. The Merakey Building reuses part of the train shed land.)
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| Gerry Meyle Sr. posted 66 years ago today. Paul Hartline photo of The Reading Company at Pottsville Jct. May 2, 1959. Daniel C Carroll Jr. shared |
The tower was about halfway between this signal bridge and the curve in the tracks and between the tracks and river.
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This tower was close to the railyard of the Reading RR in St. Clair.
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| 1944/53 Pottsville Quad @ 24,000 |
The signal bridge is near the bottom of this excerpt. The tower is a little north of the signal bridge.
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| Dec 10, 1968 @ 16,000; AR1VBZA00030112 |
Depot
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| Jake Wynn - Public Historian posted A view of the network of railroad tracks leading to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad depot in Pottsville, PA in the early 20th century. (Author’s collection) |
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| Bill Dale commented on Jake's post An ariel showing the Reading railroad station on Norweigan, also the Pennsylvania Railroad station all before Rt.122, now currently Rt.61. |
It appears the Reading passenger trains had to do a backing maneuver to access the depot.
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| May 2, 1957 @ 60,000; ARA550530020001 |
Iron Works
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| Jake Wynn - Public Historian posted Pottsville, PA in the 1860s was Schuylkill County’s industrial heart. Fueled by nearby anthracite mines and rail links, the borough became a hub for iron - rolling mills, foundries, and machine shops that kept nearby anthracite coal mines running. This post highlights rare illustrations from the 1864 Schuylkill County map and period images: Washington Iron Works, the Pottsville Rolling Mill, and George W. Snyder’s shop turning out massive “bull engines” for Tunnel Colliery. You’ll even spot the Palo Alto Iron Works smoking behind Pottsville’s Henry Clay Monument. Step into the iron age of the Coal Region: [Washington Iron Works] |
Three more illustrations from the Library of Congress in WynningHistory.
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Was all of that industry gone by the end of the 1800s?
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| 1889/1964 Pottsville Quad @ 62,500 |
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