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Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

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 #1406575  by fp7fan
 
I've often seen these old postcards with a view of the Reading RR and Schuylkill River from the "cinder bank." Where was this cinder bank and what was the purpose of the tower shown in the picture?
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 #1407633  by fp7fan
 
Located just east of Klapperthal Junction off Reading main.