Interlocking Tower: (Satellite, not only is the tower gone, but so is the B&O!)
Crossing Tower: (Satellite)
Darren Reynolds posted two photos with the comment: "B&Os "MK" Tower Mc Keesport,Pa."
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| 2 "MK" Tower McKeesport Pennsylvania [Given the steel mill building on the right, I think we are looking East. That means the tracks on the left side of the tower are B&O and those on the right side are the PL&E.] |
I found the satellite locations using this aerial.
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| Earth Explorer: Apr 9, 1952 @ 23,600; AR1NZ0000010087 |
The blue rectangle highlights the depot and the red rectangle highlights what I believe to be the tower.
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| EarthExplorer plus Paint |
I included the cemeteries because the roads around Lysle Blvd. have changed so much. They confirm that Huey no longer goes across the tracks, but Coursin does go over them.
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| Satellite |
One reason why I got the aerial photo was to confirm that the bends in Locust and Sinclair in this topo are wrong. Identifying those two streets correctly are important in determining the location of the depot.
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| 1953 Mc Keesport Quad @ 24,000 |
The most recent topo still draws those streets incorrectly.
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| 1993 Mc Keesport Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Larry Michael Hindman posted the railroad tower off walnut st in Mckeesport PA where the railroad used to cut though the middle of town. its one of the few remnants other than a few odd shaped buildings left that let you know that the railroad came right through the middle of town. Tim Shanahan shared Brian R. Wroblewski: I've looked at the Apple Maps views of that area & its hard to find any trace of where the tracks once were. I wonder how & why that tower is still there with the railroad long gone & every bit of it removed? |
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| Rich Guenther commented on Larry's post Similar (but not the same) tower adjacent to the B&O McKeesport depot with RDCs in the 1960s, photo from the Lee Rogers collection, Md. Rail Heritage Library, Baltimore Streetcar Museum. |
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| Bob Kalal commented on Larry's post Photo was taken from the crossing watchman's tower 1964 |
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| Bob Kalal commented on Larry's post 1970 |
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| Bob Kalal commented on Larry's post McKeesport |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Brian's comment Somebody is maintaining it because it has been painted. https://maps.app.goo.gl/T4tpjZHqLTXnhnoi9 |
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