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menzies aerial

Heritage: Mifflin & Centre County Railroad

CT 1000, 1945: Eastern Region, Eastern Pennsylvania Division, Middle Division, Milroy Branch

Middle Division ETT, 1954: Eastern Region, Middle Division, Milroy Secondary

Aerial view of Menzies. Lewistown is to the left and Burnham is to the right. The Kishacoquillas Park swimming pool is in the foreground. This photo is probably from the late 1940s or so; the route 322/22 highway has not yet been constructed across Electric Avenue.

Valuation Maps

PRR.v16.01.PA 02 1918c27 06 Sunbury Div Milroy Branch Menzies.low 1918 valuation map 16.01.PA-02 corrected to 1927. PRR.v16.01.PA 02 1918r39c49 Sunbury Div Milroy Branch Menzies.low 1918 valuation map 16.01.PA-02 corrected to 1949.
NOTE: The left half of this map is referenced in the Lewistown (3902) location in the CT1000.

Station

Listed in 1923 CT1000.

Not listed in the 1945 CT1000. (Passenger service ceased in 1941.)

Landmark: Kishocoquillas Park

Though not rail-served, the Kishocoquillas Park was a major attraction during the 1950s. It exists today as Derry Township Park. It is not known if the Menzies station was specifically located to serve the park or not.

IMG 2090 2015 panoramic view of Kish Park.