(erielack) Fwd: Greenville, Pa. Roundhouse DESTRUCTION: Imminent (1910-2010)

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Subj: Greenville  Roundhouse DESTRUCTION: Imminent (1910-2010)



 
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Subject: Greenville Roundhouse  DESTRUCTION: Imminent (1910-2010)
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:31:37 -0400

Well, if anyone believed that the  proposed "Roundhouse America, at The 
Penn-Ohio Railroad Museum,  Greenville, Pennsylvania" idea had any merit,  NOW 
is the time to speak up.  

The Canadian National Railway has begun wholesale stripping and  demolition 
of buildings on the historic site of the Bessemer Shops complex at  86 Ohl 
Street in Hempfield Township.  There is heavy equipment on the property, 
though the  century-old Roundhouse remains intact, as of this writing (there 
are a  lot of Early Twentieth Century buildings to come down).

If you  look at the two photos (linked at the bottom of the attached) that  
show what Toronto has just  accomplished with their CN roundhouse (Before 
and After, as viewed from  up in the CN Tower), you will see how they turned 
a blighted industrial  eyesore from the past into a powerful economic 
development  engine for tourism in the future

We could have that outcome, here, but the door is  closing...


- ---Nate

 
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An amazing Photo album with 52  photos of the construction of the Bessemer 
and Lake Erie Railroad  17-stall roundhouse and associated support 
structures in Greenville, PA in  1910-1911.
_http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390216443200_ 
(http://members3.boardhost.com/Bessemer/msg/1278770149.html) 

When, in this economy, we can't  scrape together the several hundred 
dollars necessary to formally  launch the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad 
Historical Society, what hope is  there of securing the several million dollars that 
would be required to  achieve this proposed, Greenville-favorable outcome 
(below) with the  grand, dormant and rare gem, right in our midst?  But,  if 
time and money were not issues, this (below) would surely  have been a real, 
world-class Dream Come True for next year's  centennial of our community's 
most unsung  diamond-in-the-rough...

Roundhouse America 
at 
The Penn-Ohio Railroad  Museum
Greenville, Pennsylvania  

"Telling the story of  the people and strong, steel ribbons anchored here 
that helped knit together  the industrial might of a vital region and an 
entire nation."

_http://bessemer.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1318172_ 
(http://bessemer.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1318172) 
_http://bessemer.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1318175_ 
(http://bessemer.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1318175) 

Look what  Toronto has just accomplished with their roundhouse (Before and  
After, as viewed from up in the CN Tower), turning a blighted eyesore from 
the  past into a powerful economic development engine for tourism in the 
future:  
_http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=327584&skip=-1_ 
(http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=327584&skip=-1) 
_http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=327568&skip=1_ 
(http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=327568&skip=1) 





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