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 #1443887  by nydepot
 
Does anyone know of a photo of OG Tower (Erie name) at the Erie/DL&W crossing in Owego? Thanks.

Charles
 #1443979  by johnpbarlow
 
And here's another photo (1916 vintage apparently) from the same FB page also labelled as McMaster St but I'm not sure...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1

And here's another gem showing North Ave crossing in Owego with tower at McMaster St in the distance ... and the Alderney Dairy milk car!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1
 #1443982  by nydepot
 
This one is a crossing tower for the street itself.
johnpbarlow wrote:And here's another photo (1916 vintage apparently) from the same FB page also labelled as McMaster St but I'm not sure...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1

Nice.
And here's another gem showing North Ave crossing in Owego with tower at McMaster St in the distance ... and the Alderney Dairy milk car!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... ater&ifg=1
 #1444079  by TB Diamond
 
Correct and it also protected the DL&W Ithaca Branch/LVRR Auburn Branch crossing plus the crossings at Talcott and Adeline Streets.

Can recall when this crossing watchman's elevated cabin was in operation circa 1949. The crossing gates were manually operated via a hand pump and remember clearly seeing the watchman pump the gates back up after the DL&W Ithaca local had gone by.

The LV/DL&W crossing was protected by a semaphore signal of the tilting type.
 #1463542  by nydepot
 
Was OG tower on the east or west side of the DL&W Ithaca branch. Meaning, what order from west to east was McMaster St, tower, and the D&LW?