Rockville, PA: 1898-1986 Rockville Tower: Pennsy vs. Pennsy

(Satellite, as we have come to expect, the tower is gone)

This tower controlled access to the east end of the famous Rockville Bridge.

Marty Bernard posted
Penn Central Rockville Tower north of Harrisburg, PA
Freight at right was heading to Harrisburg, on January 11, 1970. Roger Puta photo
[So we should be looking south, and it may have just come off of the Rockville Bridge.]
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MichaelFroio
"Plate drawing of the sprawling Rockville Interlocking. The diagonal line from bottom left to top right is the mainline, the center diagonal segment representing the actual bridge over the Susquehanna. The line coming from the wye (top center) and moving to the top left is the line to Nothumberland and Williamsport, and the bottom right, the Enola Yard Complex. You will note in both of these plate drawings signs of a struggling railroad are evident with the reduction of the mainline from 4 to three tracks and the single tracking of the Williamsport Line. Map circa 1963. Track Charts collection of The Broad Way Website"

This 1924 map shows the location of the tower.

1924 Harrisburg Quad @ 62,500

This 1947 map tried to be more accurate in terms of depicting the embankments. But in doing so it introduced the error of not including the land on which the tower stood.

1947 Harrisburg West Quad @ 24,000

Darren Reynolds posted four images with the comment: "PRRs 'Rockville' tower Harrisburg,Pa."

Roger H Mitchell: When was it torn down? And was anything inside saved?

Darren Reynolds: Roger H Mitchell sometime in 1986... I don't think so.. I was in there a couple weeks before they tore it down the model bored and the machine was still in there but no leavers on the machine.. it was a big model board..

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Darren Reynolds posted
PRRs " Rockville"(RJ) tower Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Looking (Railroad) East at "Rockville" tower on
November 22,1977
Photo by: C.H. Geletzke JR.