Milepost 104.0 Detail Page
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2/14/05 Breaking News: It appears that the date stamp on the back of the aerial photo is incorrect, even though it came from the Chamber of Commerce. The published history of The Patriot News indicates that they moved into their (then) new building at 812 Market Street in July 1953. It does not appear in the photo! So the photo, allowing for construction time, is likely pre-mid-1952. Dan Cupper recalls the Market Street Delivery coexisting with the new Patriot building for some time (it is a parking lot today).
| Milepost 104.0 |
| CT1000E 1945 Edition |
CT1000E 1923 Edition |
Comments |
| Montgomery & Co. |
same |
Downtown side, on siding right next to HARRIS tower. Have 1929 photo showing box cars spotted there.
The 1930 Polk City directory places (p. 453) Montgomery & Co. at "627 Walnut Street" and indicates this is a warehouse for "storage, drayage, transfer and distribution." |
| HARRIS Tower |
not built yet |
Downtown side. |
| Market Street Delivery |
Market Street Delivery and Witman Bros. |
Cameron Street side. |
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Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co. |
Was this a precursor to one of the above companies? Possibly the building labeled Farm Equip. Warehouse next to the Pa. State Bureau of Publication building. If not, then irrelevant. |
| Pa. Power & Light Co. No. 9 |
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Cameron Street side. Elec. Supplies Warehouse on later Sanborn map, near Pa. State Bureau of Publication building. (PP&L has three sidings - 9, 10, 11 - in this area on the 1945 CT1000. There is no way to really know which is which. In the 1923 CT1000 this was the Hbg. Light & Power Co. with sidings numbered 1 & 3. For purposes here, the siding number was randomly selected and assigned to a specific location.) |
| Pa. State Bureau of Publication |
State of Penna. |
Cameron Street side. Bob Lyter confirmed the building was on the corner of 10th and Market streets; its back side permits entry of rail service across 9th Street. Later Sanborn maps confirm this. |
| Pa. Power & Light Co. No. 10 |
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Cameron Street side. Supply dock next to plant. (PP&L has three sidings - 9, 10, 11 - in this area on the 1945 CT1000. There is no way to really know which is which. In the 1923 CT1000 this was the Hbg. Light & Power Co. with sidings numbered 1 & 3. For purposes here, the siding number was randomly selected and assigned to a specific location.) |
| Pa. Power & Light Co. No. 11 |
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Cameron Street side. Wood trestle for coal delivery. (PP&L has three sidings - 9, 10, 11 - in this area on the 1945 CT1000. There is no way to really know which is which. In the 1923 CT1000 this was the Hbg. Light & Power Co. with sidings numbered 1 & 3. For purposes here, the siding number was randomly selected and assigned to a specific location.) |
| Passenger Car Storage |
same |
Known to be in the middle of the right-of-way. |
| Hbg. Steel Corp. No. 1 |
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Cameron Street side. |
| Walnut Street |
| Address |
1949 Polk Directory |
1954 Polk Directory |
Sanborn Map Notes |
1960's Valuation Map Notes |
| 601-607 |
Keystone Oil Products |
Keystone Oil Products |
parking
Aerial photo shows parking lot with gas station in corner (confirmed by Bob Lyter). |
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| 619 |
Alexandre, Jules, Inc.
(radio sets and supplies) |
Miller, Jacob Inc.
(furniture warehouse) |
home appliance warehouse
Aerial photo shows billboard on roof that reads "Crosly", which is a brand of automobile, appliances, and radio network. |
Pierce Phelps |
| 625 |
Fidler, Herbert H.
(agricultural implements) |
Montgomery & Co.
(storage warehouse & trucking) |
storage warehouse |
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| 627 |
Schubauer, Paul L.
(hardware wholesaler) |
Schubauer, Paul L. |
storage warehouse |
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| 629 |
Montgomery & Co.
(warehouse)
Philadelphia Seed Co.
Proctor & Gamble
(warehouse) |
Eastern Chemical Corp.
Philadelphia Seed Co.
The DuBois Co.
(wholesale chemicals) |
warehouse and offices |
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Should be noted that the later Sanborn map shows two warehouses with rail access just west of the Pa. State Bureau of Publication building. The first may have been used by International Harvester, as it is labeled Farm Equip. The other is labeled Warehouse Elec. Supplies. The latter may have been part of the PP&L plant.
Later Sanborn map of south side of right of way. HARRIS tower is just out of view to upper right. Upper right shows building labeled "Home Appliances". This would be the Montgomery & Co. location.
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Later Sanborn map of north side of right of way.
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