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Re: (erielack) Steamtown Images--September 20, 2013 (C3336 thru C3340)
C3339 is definitely on Church street going into downtown Jessup. present 247.The tracks in the foreground are the Lakawanna Winton branch which continue to the right for approximately another mile or so crossing Hill Street toward what ended up as one of the last working breakers in theLackawanna valley - last owned by the Pompey family although who was the owner when this was shot I don't know. My maternal grandfather Joe Russin ran the breaker until he retired in the late 60's- it mysteriously burned down a year or so later . These tracks were still there In the The early 50's -I well remember balancing on them as a toddler when taken out for walks by my paternal grandmother who lived a block or so away on Ward Street. Yes that is the Erie Jessup yard in the background which saw activity right up until the end. One of my mothers uncles was the last yardman there. My maternal grandparents lived adjacent to the yard on Hill Street. The building on the right before the yard was at various times a school, church and textile factory and was still standing at least a few years ago . What a remarkable picture- my memories of this scene date almost exactly to 40 yard later as I was born in 1949 and I believe the track was removed around 1953. Amazing!
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> On Sep 21, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Don Liotta <donaldliotta_@_gmail.com> wrote:
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> C3336-C3339 appear to be taken near the end of the DL&W Winton Branch and the Erie Jessup branch in Jessup. The terrain looks familiar to me, both the streets and the hills in the background. I believe it is the current route of PA State Route 247 through Jessup (this is a section of Church St going down towards the valley, before you make a left on Front Street)
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> In C3339, I believe the track in the foreground is near the end of the DL&W Winton branch (I forget what breaker was at the end), and in the background are coal hoppers on the Erie Jessup branch (perhaps a yard?), less than a mile from the end of that branch's junction with the D&H mainline.
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> Don Liotta
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>> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 05:20:38 -0400
>> Subject: (erielack) Steamtown Images--September 20, 2013 (C3336 thru C3340)
>> From: pat_mcknight_@_nps.gov
>> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
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>> C3336.jpg (image/jpeg, 2916x2307 1181401 bytes, BF: 5.69 ppb)
>> C3337.jpg (image/jpeg, 2966x2268 1141235 bytes, BF: 5.89 ppb)
>> C3338.jpg (image/jpeg, 2998x2293 983835 bytes, BF: 6.99 ppb)
>> C3339.jpg (image/jpeg, 2944x2293 1114656 bytes, BF: 6.06 ppb)
>> C3340.jpg (image/jpeg, 2998x2293 996934 bytes, BF: 6.810 ppb)
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>> Please find attached the following negatives:
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>> C3336--Unknown location--Foot crossing of single track--[1916.04.01]
>> C3337--Unknown location--Foot crossing of single track--[1916.04.01]
>> C3338--Unknown location--Road grade and foot crossing of single
>> track--[1916.04.01]
>> C3339--Unknown location (Probably Susquehanna River)--Road grade crossing
>> from road--[1916.04.01]
>> C3340--Unknown location (Probably Susquehanna River)--Flood--[1916.04.01]
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>> If you have any additional comments on any of these images, let me know and
>> I will update our database. Also, if any of you would like to assist with
>> scanning (and are in the Scranton area) I am always happy to sign up new
>> volunteers.
>>
>> --
>> Patrick McKnight
>> Historian/Archivist
>> Steamtown NHS
>> 150 S. Washington Avenue
>> Scranton, PA
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