Heritage: Pennsylvania Railroad
CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Middle Division, Main Line
Middle Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Middle Division, Main Line
Mifflin was founded as the town of Patterson. At one time, Mifflin, as well as the small community of Denholm lying directly north of the town, was an important stop along the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad depot still stands in Mifflin, although it has long been abandoned. Mifflin is named after Thomas Mifflin, the 1st Governor of Pennsylvania.
The town was laid out in 1849 by the Fallon Brothers and named Patterson, by which it was known until changed to Mifflin by judicial decree in 1910. The railroad station has always been Mifflin and this fact led to much confusion until the name of the town was changed. The founders of the town gave to the Railroad company that part of the flat on which the shops were built in 1851 and, subsequently the grounds later used as a yard. For two decades after the road was built, a force of seventy-five men was employed in repairing cars and engines. In 1869 the company removed most of the machinery from the shops to Altoona, and in 1871 the roundhouse was taken down. In the fall of 1926 the shops, store-houses and offices were all removed to Lewistown and in May, 1929, the buildings were razed. This marked the passing of Miffin as a point of importance in operation of the P. R. R.
Valuation Map
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PRR.v7.1.PA-040_1920_MP153 (PRRT&HS) |
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PRR.v7.1.PA-041_1920_MP154_-_Mifflin (PRRT&HS) |
PRR.v7.1.PA-041_1948_MP154_-_Mifflin (PRRT&HS) |
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1925 Sanborn Maps
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1925 Pennsylvania Railroad Industrial DirectoryReceivers | Shippers | Commodities |
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| W. H. Manbeck & Co. | |
| r -s | Feed |
| s | Feed / Mill |
| r - s | Feed / Prepared |
| s | Flour |
| r - s | Grain / Oats |
| r - s | Grain / Wheat |
| r - s | Lumber |
| r | Salt |
| Haws Refractories Co. (On Location: 249 - Hawstone, Pa.) | |
| s | Brick / Fire |
| r | Lime / Chemical |
| r | Sand / Brick |
| s | Silica |
| Juniata Hosiery Mills | |
| r | Box Shooks |
| r | Dye Stuff |
| s | Hosiery |
| r | Yarn / Cotton |
| r | Yarn / Silk |
| Royal Rug Mills | |
| s | Carpets & Rugs / Rugs |
| r | Rags |
| r | Yarn / Cotton |
| r | Yarn / Linens |
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r = Receiver s = Shipper These entries were possible through the work of Stephen Tichenal. |
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Distance from Harrisburg...
MIFFLIN Tower
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 MIFFLIN, 1980s. |
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Wm. H. Manbeck Co. No. 1 (MP 48.9)
The Sanborn map shows only one siding for Manbeck in 1925. It is feasible that Manbeck took over W. S. North, another coal and lumber dealer shown on the Sanborn.
Wm. H. Manbeck Co. No. 2 (MP 48.9)
The Sanborn map shows Manbeck as a flour mill, but with lumber and coal sheds as well.
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Station (MP 49.0)
 Mifflin, 1910. |
Mifflin, 1940s. |
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 Possibly the freight depot, based on the Sanborn map. |
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