by gregleck
I recently purchased the old freight railroad station in Pen Argyl.
About three blocks south was another freight station, which is still standing. About a mile to the west is a large conglomeration of yards and buildings - a roundhouse, locomotive repair, and car barns. This was to be where Walmart was going in but it never happened.
A 1912 map of Pen Argyl shows a freight station 100 feet to the east of where my building now stands. The spot currently occupied by my building is shown as empty on the 1912 map. The address is 115 West Pennsylvania Avenue.
The station was used by Lehigh & New England, and at some point by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western as well.
How can I find out when this station was built? Where can I find a photograph of the station when it was in use? Can anyone point me in the direction of railway archives or record repositories where a photo may have survived?
Greg
About three blocks south was another freight station, which is still standing. About a mile to the west is a large conglomeration of yards and buildings - a roundhouse, locomotive repair, and car barns. This was to be where Walmart was going in but it never happened.
A 1912 map of Pen Argyl shows a freight station 100 feet to the east of where my building now stands. The spot currently occupied by my building is shown as empty on the 1912 map. The address is 115 West Pennsylvania Avenue.
The station was used by Lehigh & New England, and at some point by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western as well.
How can I find out when this station was built? Where can I find a photograph of the station when it was in use? Can anyone point me in the direction of railway archives or record repositories where a photo may have survived?
Greg