Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University/Bethlehem Research

(Satellite)

In addition to major steel mills, Bethlehem Steel had a research campus in this town.

Jim Friedman posted

An interesting design fact about the former Bethlehem Steel Homer Research Labs built in 1961:

The large pool that appears to be ornamental is actually practical. The 210-foot diameter pond containing 1.5 million gallons of water fed the buildings supplied with air conditioning.

Brian D Davison: The Homer Labs campus is now Lehigh’s Mountaintop Campus and AFAIK all of the buildings survived. The pool did not - it is grass now.

One of those buildings is now where my department and office has been for 5+ years, but others have been occupied by Lehigh for decades.

BS built buildings made to last!

Bel Morningstar: BS spent 💰💰on the labs while the machine shops were deplorable. Which workers produced more revenue?

James Torgeson shared

The Bethlehem Steel Homer Research Labs. Now a campus of Lehigh University.

Trevor Shelhammer commented on Jame's share
Construction photo showing pond also. This view is approximately from where my office was in C Building!

While looking for this campus, I found what appears to be the original campus in the town.

Satellite

Blairsville, PA: PRR Depot and Roundhouse

Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, a remnant of the turntable pit wall)

Street View, Aug 2023

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted
Here is an original photo of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Roundhouse and Turntable at Blairsville, Indiana County on October 25, 1964. It was at least seven years before this photo was taken when the last steam locomotive was serviced here.
(Photo from Thomas C. Ayers)
Jim Kelling shared
Blairsville Pennsylvania (PRR)

Stan Carlson commented on the above post
PRR 224 on the Blairsville turntable in 1956.

David Manns commented on the above post

David Manns commented on the above post
This fellow is a model RR guy, but gives a good description of the location.

David Manns commented on the above post
From his site.

Spring Valley, IL: CB&Q/IV&N Depot, C&NW Roundhouse and RI Depot, All Lost

CB&Q Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Rock Island Depot: (Satellite, north of the tracks and west of Spalding Street.)

Robert Weber posted
CB&Q RR depot (nee-Illinois Valley and Northern RR)
Roger Kujawa shared

Normally, a depot is in the downtown area of a town. But the CB&Q climbs out of the Illinois River Valley before it reaches Spring Valley. So I looked up by where IL-6 goes under the railroad.

1966 Spring Valley Quad @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Robert's post
I presume the depot was the first building along the tracks south of US-6. I think part of the foundation might still be present: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TP8gzZM639GyGU5y5
I included the remnants of the C&NW roundhouse in the upper-left corner of this excerpt because roundhouses are usually intact in these 1939 aerials. Looking at a satellite map, the trees have covered the railroad property, but they have not covered the tailings pile.
Robert Weber: Dennis DeBruler thanks Dennis, you are correct.

C&NW Roundhouse

Christie Pasieka posted two photos with the comment: "I came across these two photos of the Spring Valley Illinois yard with roundhouse."

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Andy Zukowski commented on Christie's post
A little closer look… photo by A.W. Johnson

Rick Pacione commented on Christie's post
[I think my satellite location based on the aerial photo is more accurate.]

Rock Island Depot

Andy Zukowski posted
C.R. I. & P. Depot, Spring Valley Illinois 1908
Richard Fiedler shared

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Cleveland, OH: NYC Linnwood Station and Roundhouse

Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite, Gateway Safety has repurposed the land the roundhouse was on.)

Bob Edwards posted three photos with the comment: "Linndale Station and roundhouse. This was the stop where Cleveland Union Terminal electric locomotives replaced steam locomotives for the trip east into Union Terminal. Bellaire Rd runs parallel north of the tracks. Photo by Robert Runyon Oct 1949."

Tony Bishop: New Jersey?

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Dennis DeBruler replied to Tony's question
Cleveland, OH, https://maps.app.goo.gl/ei7LQabx6knu9XHD6

The streets changed a lot in this area, so I flipped back and forth between 1953 and 1994 topo maps with my finger on the monitor to determine the location of the depot and roundhouse.

1953 Lakewood Quad @ 24,000

1994 Lakewood Quad @ 24,000

Boston, MA: Aban/CSX/B&A Beacon Park/Allston Railyard and Coaling Towers

(Satellite, the roundhouses are now covered by ramps.)

Skipper L Swartout posted
B&A Coal tower at Boston, MA Showing Beacon Park Yards 6/1/1946
Neo Haven: Were Allston and Beacon Park two different Boston & Albany engine terminals in Boston or were they the same engine terminal under different names?
Neo Haven: I recently had confirmed that Allston and Beacon Park were alternate names for the same engine terminal.
Skipper L Swartout: Neo Haven thank you so much for that. I know the B&M had a yard just north I forgot what they called it tho

Dennis DeBruler commented on Skipper's post
This yard used to have two roundhouses.
1944 Newton and Boston South Quads @ 24,000

Skipper commented on Dennis' comment
B&A Beacon Park Roundhouses in this shot looks like it had one coal tower at this time.
Dennis DeBruler: Skipper L Swartout That coal trestle was probably replaced by the towers.
Skipper L Swartout: Dennis DeBruler I was thinking the same thing

Skipper commented on Dennis' comment
2-6-6T B&A #314 AT BEACON PARK, MA 3/1950

Dennis DeBruler commented on Skipper's post
And it had two coaling towers.
http://www.bahistory.org/BeaconPark.htm
Neo Haven: Dennis DeBruler The tower on the left is a sand plant for receiving, storing and drying sand used on locomotives. Large engine terminals often had separate sand facilities because of the large quantities used.
Dennis DeBruler: Neo Haven Thanks for the correction. I thought it looked rather strange for a coaling tower.

EarthExplorer: Dec 15, 1938 @ 24,000; AR1F00000080127

CSX has cleared the yard for redevelopment. [BrianSolomon]

But judging from a satellite image, nothing has happened.

Buth there have been some ideas.

Hamilton, OH: 1882 Hooven, Owens, Rentschler, and Company

(Satellite, Corliss engine works. I haven't determined the location of the Niles Tool Works)

The Steamship Historical Society of America posted
This black and white photograph is of women sub-contractors posing in front of Engine No. 500 in Hamilton, Ohio for the firm of Hooven, Owens, Rentschler, and Company that manufactured steam and diesel engines. The photo is dated October 26, 1943. General Machinery Corporation Collection, SSHSA Archives.
Bob Noiseux: Liberty ship engine. I was an engineer running one just like it halfway around the world.
Richard Sterne: That's what it is. General Machinery's Hooven, Owen, Rentschler division was the lead designer and a major builder of the Liberty ship engine.
Rob Michael: Triple expansion steam engine for a Liberty Ship? Those engines were obsolete by 1942 but the Liberty Ships used them.
Andrew VanLuenen: Rob Michael obsolete but we had guys that knew how to run them. Plus they didn’t need high pressure boilers like the turbines. We had to build them fast and if they had a one trip service life they did what they needed to do!
Scott Elkington: The Submariners of WWII called their Opposed Piston diesel engines HORs. They were pretty terrible and were all eventually replaced by Fairbanks Morse OP engines.
Dee Murphy: The SS Jeremiah O'Brien and the SS John Brown use these triple expansion steam engines. You can even take Steam School on the SS John brown and start this steam engine up.   https://www.eventbrite.com/.../ss-john-w-brown-steam...

alchetron
HOR was created by merger in 1882. A predecessor firm, Owens, Ebert & Dyer, was founded by Jog E. Owens in 1845. "By World War I, the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company operated the largest exclusive Corliss Engine plant in the country, employing nearly 800 men. In 1928 the company merged with the Niles Tool Works to form the General Machinery Corporation. However, it continued to make diesel engines under the H.O.R. brand....During World War II, all submarine H.O.R. engines were replaced by early 1943, usually with General Motors Cleveland Division engines or Fairbanks-Morse Model 38 engines. In 1947, General Machinery Corporation merged with Lima Locomotive Works to form Lima-Hamilton Corporation, which, in turn, merged in 1950 with Baldwin Locomotive Works to form the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation. BLH, Hamilton Div., moved to the Eddystone Pa. plant of BLH in 1959. BLH went out of business around 1966." 
Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA

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The railroad tracks and the far buildings on the right are now gone. 

Street View, Jul 2013

 

CincinnatiLibrary, cropped

You can still see the "MILTON" of "HAMILTON CORLISS ENGINE WORKS" on the side of the building.

Street View, Jul 2019

They produced Corliss engines varying in size from 35hp to 2000hp. [LaneLibraries]

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An HOR combination steam engine is preserved in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It is one of 12 units (this one was built and installed in 1916) that were made for Mr. Ford for his Highland Park assembly plant where he produced the Model T from 1908 until its production demise in 1927. This engine was removed from the Highland Park facility and placed in storage after the Ford Motor Company took up permanent residence at the giant River Rouge facilities to produce the Model A. Mr. Ford donated the steam engine to his Edison Institute as the cornerstone display in 1929. The Edison Institute later was renamed the Henry Ford Museum and is known today as "The Henry Ford". [alchetron]

I don't know if this is an interior shot of the HOR plant or Ford's Highland Park plant.

TheHenryFord

1955 Hamilton Quad @ 24,000

Dwight, NE: Preserved/C&NW Depot and Old Grain Elevator

Depot: (Satellite)

Elevator: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2023

Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted
Another "then and now."  This time we are looking at the C&NW depot and it's modern placement at Dwight, Nebraska. The top photo was taken about 1910 while the second is the current placement at Dwight.  It was restored during the town's centennial celebration.  Dwight is on what was once a line from Fremont, Nebraska to Superior, Nebraska.  Dwight is about half way between those two places.  The restored building is now a museum.
Mike Bartels: Saw its last C&NW train in June 1962, with Hyman-Michaels scrap train that fall. Acquired and restored by the Novacek family, who owned the grain elevator. I don't believe it is open for regular hours. Sometimes it has been open during the Dwight Czech Festival in July. The July 1975 North Western Lines has an article about the depot by Eric Bachenberg. Typical FE&MV style with the nine-pane windows above the freight room end door. Some had bay windows, some didn't. Henderson, Neb., built a replica depot in 2013, taking measurements from Dwight, for its Mennonite Heritage Park located north of town on its access road from Interstate 80. Actual Henderson C&NW depot torn down in 1982.
Railroad Station Historical Society shared

The 2007 street view driver took a back road.

Street View, Oct 2007

The town does have a modern grain elevator.

Street View, Sep 2022