Milepost 103.5 Detail Page
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| Milepost 103.5 |
| CT1000E 1945 Edition |
CT1000E 1923 Edition |
Comments |
| Paxton Flour & Feed Co. and Harrisburg Storage Co. |
same |
Harrisburg Storage is clearly shown on page 74 of Morning Sun Book's "Hudson to Horseshoe". Building is on east edge of siding and tight against the main lines. The later Sanborn, oddly, shows the entire area (inclusive of the Paxton Mills and several other entities) as being part of Harrisburg Storage... but yet still a subset of the area claimed by the McCormick Estate on the valuation map! It may be one and the same as a modern day operation at 165 Lamont St. New Cumberland, PA 17070. 717-774-7838.
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 310) Paxton Flour & Feed Co. at "South 2nd Street" and the (p. 486) Harrisburg Storage Co. at "South 2nd Street at PRR".
Paxton Flour & Feed Co. was gone by 1954. Second Street side. Looks like they shared a siding. Paxton Flour & Feed Co. was on the site marked on the valuation map as McCormick Estate.
The Paxton and Steelton Flouring Mill Company was incorporated in February, 1891, for the manufacture of high grade flour, assuming control at once, through a lease for a term of years, of the Paxton Flour Mills, of Harrisburg, and the Steelton Flouring Mills, of Steelton. The Paxton Mills, owned by the estate of James McCormick, dec'd, in 1862 succeeded the Eagle Mills, and increased its daily capacity from fifteen barrels to one hundred barrels. In 1879 the old frame building was torn down, and the present large stone mill erected and fitted out for the burr process, with a daily capacity of 350 barrels, but in 1880 the mill was changed from the old burr process to the new roller process - being the first mill in Pennsylvania to adopt the roller process - with a daily capacity of 500 barrels; since then the capacity has been gradually increased to meet the demands of its trade, until it is now 750 barrels. The leading brands of this mill are "Paxton" and "Hoffer's Best", which have been on the local markets since 1868. The entire plant at the Paxton Mills consists of engine and boiler house, 40x40, and mill proper, 64x85m five stories high, warehouse, 64x85, one story high, all built of heavy limestone; elevator, six stories high, built of stone and slated frame, with capacity of 80,000 bushels. Also a cooper plant, consisting of a stock house, 50x120, two stories high; two barrel houses with a storage capacity of 15,000 barrels; a factory 30x120, fitted up with the most improved machinery, with a daily capacity of 1,500 barrels. source
A Reading Company map that pre-dates the valuation map indicates an additional siding into the site. The later Sanborn map shows it as well, but no note as to use or owner. |
| Kinney Shoe Co. |
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Second Street side; shown on valuation map and the later Sanborn map. This is the building that was later a warehouse for Gable's (hardware) and is now occupied by Pinnacle Health Systems. |
| Kingan Provision Co. |
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Second Street side; shown on the later Sanborn map.
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 372) Kingan Provision Co. at "421-425 S. 2nd Street" and indicates they are "Pork and beef packers." |
| J. I. Case Co. |
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Second Street side; shown on the later Sanborn map.
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 171) J. I. Case & Co. at "21 N. 9th Street", as a vendor of agricultural implements. Since this location is actually west of Herr Street, the business must have moved prior to the 1945 CT1000. |
| Harrisburg Frt. Sta. and Keystone Warehouse Co. No. 1 |
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Second Street side. The later Sanborn map identifies "Keystone Warehouse Co." as a formal name for the PRR freight warehouse.
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 370) Keystone Warehouse Co. at "201 S. 2nd Street" |
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York Corrugated Co. and Appleby Bros. & Whittaker |
The 1930 Polk City directory places several Appleby family members involved with Appleby Bros. & Whittaker; one entry indicates it is a plumbing wholesale business; and at least one family member resides in the 200 block of S. Second St. The later Sanborn map shows a plumbing wholesaler's warehouse as being on the CVRR line west of Second Street (west of the freight station).
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 669) York Corrugated Co. at "65-67 S. 10th Street". The later Sanborn maps so this entity at this address being serviced by the Reading Railroad. Suggests they were a plumbing wholesaler. |
| South 2nd Street |
| Address |
1949 Polk Directory |
1954 Polk Directory |
Sanborn Map Notes |
1960's Valuation Map Notes |
| 201 |
PRR Freight Office
Keystone Warehouse
Harrisburg Warehouse Co. |
PRR Freight Station
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
(sub warehouse)
Keystone Warehouse
Harrisburg Warehouse Co. |
PRR Freight Station |
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| 309 |
Alko Express Lines |
Acme Fast Freight Inc. |
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| 403 |
Kinney G R Co. Inc.
(warehouse) |
Kinney G R Co. Inc. |
G. R. Kinney Co. Inc. (shoe distributors) |
G R Kinney |
| 421-25 |
Kingan & Co.
(wholesale meats) |
Kingan & Co. |
Kingan Provision Co. (wholesale meats) |
McCormick Estate (part of) |
| 429 |
Case J I Co.
(agricultural machinery) |
Case J I Co. |
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McCormick Estate (part of) |
| 437 |
Harrisburg Storage Co.
Aero Mayflower Transit Co.
Harrisburg Transfer Co. |
Harrisburg Storage Co.
Aero Mayflower Transit Co.
Harrisburg Transfer Co.
Calgon Inc.
(soap mfg.)
Ray-O-Vac Co.
(batteries) |
J. I. Case Co.
Paxton Flour & Feed Co.
etc.
overlay of "Harrisburg Storage Co." |
McCormick Estate (part of) |
The Pennsy Supply Company does not show PRR rail service. However, a Reading Company map shows it occupying the land on the Cameron Street side of this general area. They may have abutted along the right-of-way for the extent of this location. According to Ken Britton, then employed by Pennsy Supply, they moved to their present location -- east of Paxton Street -- circa 1961. He adds that the post office was at this (new Pennsy) location until they moved into their new building (where the Reading passenger station was in 1954). (Note: Pennsy Supply had several other locations around town, including one in the Reading Railroad switching area and another uptown.)
 There is a concrete platform that is shown on the valuation map beneath the Reading railroad overpass that is still partially there. What purpose did it serve? And for who?
Later Sanborn map showing Paxton Flour & Feed, J. I. Case Co., Kingan Provision Co., and Kinney Shoe Co.
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Later Sanborn map establishing Keystone Warehouse Co. as the PRR's Freight Station.
Is the plumbing warehouse on the CVRR line Appleby Bros. & Whittaker?
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 Photo of the railroad west side of the Kinney Shoe building, now used by Pinnacle Health System.
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