Newark, OH: Longaberger Basket and Pennsy Depot

Basket: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

The B&O also had a good-sized depot in this town.

Those are office windows in the side of the building, so it is at least seven stories tall.

Street View, Sep 2023

The company used to make baskets.

Bryan Carr posted 12 photos with the comment:

I’ve driven past the basket many times over the years and it definitely looks big from out in 16. However, I drive back in to it a few weekends ago and it’s unbelievable how big this thing is when you’re standing and looking up at it!

Licking county

Bill Weaver: Each handle weighs 75 tons and are equipped with a deicer.

Mike Rep Hummel: according to recent news reports You can buy it for 6.6 Million

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Pennsy Depot

Raymond Storey posted
NEWARK OHIO

Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post
Except for the "tower" part, the building is still standing,
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wL2rptHRZYTfUG9aA

Ron Weaver posted two images with the comment: "As a follow up on Stu Nicholson’s post on the Newark, Ohio PRR/PCC&STL Station, this is what the station looked like over 100 years ago on postcard images."

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Pennsy's Panhandle route joined the east/west B&O route and had trackage rights west to Columbus. [Steven Myers comment on a post]

B&O also had a north/south route through this town. And the NYC/Toledo & Ohio central passed by the town on the west side. All of these routes, except B&O to the South, are now owned by The Columbus & Ohio River Railroad (CUOH). According to my 2005 SPV Map, the route to the south was the Buckeye Scenic Railroad (BCS), which was a tourist railroad.

In 2007, the BCS lease was not renewed in favor of a bike trail. [rypn]

Looking at a satellite map, the trail never happened. Fortunately, another tourist line, Mt. Perry Scenic Train - Zanesville & Western, got some of their equipment. [wd8rif]