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From: Paul Tupaczewski paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:35:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: DL&W unloading ore at Oswego (was: Iron Ore to US Steel Morristown)
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Attached is the shot from Ed Olszewski's collection at Oswego, NY with ore being offloaded from a laker.... Thanks, Ed!

This appeared in the 2013 ELRRHS calendar.

- Paul



> On 11/16/2020 6:31 PM Ed Olszewski wrote:
>
>
> Paul,
>
> Absolutely, please share. Photos do no one any good sitting in
> collections that cannot be viewed by others.
>
> Ed
>
> On 11/16/2020 9:24 AM, Paul Tupaczewski wrote:
> > If Ed is OK with it, I can share the calendar picture with the list... Ed?
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> >> On 11/14/2020 9:51 PM Joshua Blay wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Ed:
> >>
> >> Interesting! The author of the note was C.L. "Doc" Abbott so perhaps he was the same. Are you able to share? The note does say ore. He said the branch contributed iron ore but when iron ore was running each boat would yield about 100-110 cars if iron ore.
> >>
> >> Are you able to share via email? Do you know the date?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Joshua
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ed Olszewski
> >> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2020 7:15 PM
> >> To: EL Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: (erielack) RE: (Erie lack) Iron Ore to US Steel Morristown
> >>
> >> Hi Joshua,
> >>
> >> I have a photo in my collection taken by Charlie Abbot of a Lackawanna train ship side on the west side of the river at the grain pier getting loaded with Pig Iron, not iron ore. I have also seen photos of the same ship unloading pig iron on the east side of the river in Oswego. East side would have been a NY Central or a NYO&W (pre-March 1957) train.
> >> According to Charlie the pig iron was headed toward a US Steel facility to be made into fencing. This aligns with Carl's statement about the US Steel facility in Morrisville, PA.
> >>
> >> I supplied the photo I mentioned above to the society calendar team and it was printed in the calendar a few years ago.
> >>
> >> Ed Olszewski
> >>
> >> On 11/14/2020 10:08 AM, Joshua Blay wrote:
> >>> I supposed it could- either it was a typo or an incorrect recollection.
> >>>
> >>> Joshua
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: cpaulson8@juno.com
> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2020 8:10 AM
> >>> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net
> >>> Subject: Re: (erielack) Iron Ore to US Steel Morristown
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Morristown, NJ? I don't know that there was ever a steel mill there. But I believe U.S. Steel had a very large plant in Morrisville, PA. Could that be the one.? Carl Paulson (retired librarian)
> >>> Solvay, NY
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Original Message ----------
> >>> From: Joshua Blay
> >>> To: EL Mail List
> >>> Subject: (erielack) Iron Ore to US Steel Morristown
> >>> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 12:24:46 +0000
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I found a short note yesterday about iron ore moving south from Oswego to US Steel in Morristown, NJ. It was trans-shipped from a lake steamer to gondolas at the state grain elevator- each boat load was about 100 cars. I have a photo (not scanned yet) taken in Homer March 1958 which might show this traffic. Anyone know anything more about this?
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Joshua
> >>>
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