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| The Train Stations In Milton, Pennsylvania |
"On October 15 1860, the New Depot of the Sunbury and Erie, now P.R.R., opened at Broadway."
"The opening of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad to Milton occurred in 1854. It established railroad communication with Philadelphia, and was continued to Williamsport in 1871. In 1883 the Reading Company constructed their line from West Milton to Shamokin, thus giving Milton the advantage of a competing line in that direction." - Bell's History Of Northumberland County
October 27 1860
The Train Tower in Milton
1880 Fire
Looking Northeast, toward Broadway. The Telegraph Office was on the first floor of the Railroad Tower. To the left is the Gresh Hotel. In the corner is the ruins of the freight station, and a hand cart used to repair the tracks and equipment. Barr & Wertman Carriage Works had stood to the left.
See more photos from the 1880 Fire In Milton here:
View from teh 3rd floor of the Sunseri Building, looking southeast.
Taken about 1884. This engine, Jerytiny, pulling about 3 cars, was used on the Milton Annex.
"It is said that the Philadelphia and Reading will run their first train to Lewisburg to Milton about May 30th, Decoration Day" - The Northumberland Democrat, April 1883
"In 1854, the first locomotive reached Milton over the Catawissa Railroad, now a part of the Reading. In 1855, the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was opened between Williamsport and Milton, and later extended to Sunbury. It was the building of this railroad and shops at Sunbury that caused Milton to fall behind Sunbury in its growth" - The Milton Story, from the 1967 Sesquicentennial
Looking South, from the passenger station. Filbert Street is on the right.
From the 1884 Sanborn Fire Map
Looking North, towards Broadway
Looking North, towards Broadway - Colorized
The freight station, where the borough offices are housed today, was built in 1883 by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
The crossing at Broadway, Looking South
On April 25, 1900, the remains of a "very young child" were found in an "unused closet" (another account says "outhouse") at he Freight Station at Milton. Officer Rhodes was sent to investigate.
If the remains were ever identified, I can find no report of it.
May 4, 1900
President McKinley's Funeral Train passed through Milton in 1901
Looking South East
In 1939, The King & Queen of England passed through Milton ontrain.
Looking West down Broadway.
The Rippel Building is the tall building on the right of the photo. The church spire to the left is the Baptist Church.
In 1978, the Northubmerladn County Redevelopment Authority sold the former Penn Central Transportaation Co's passenger station and the Reading Co's freight station to the borough of Milton.
The borough paid $29,800 for the freight station, and $58,717 for the passenger station and parcel of land next to it.
The State Dept condemned the two story stone house that was being used as the municipal building in Milton in 1978, due to "fire and safety violations".
Code enforcement officer Jay Wilber had approached the borough council 3 years earlier, and suggested that the railroad stations, which had set empty for the past 15 years, be fixed up and used by the municipality.
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In September of 1977 Porto Demoliton of Shamokin was awarded the contact to demolish the old Penn Central Freight Station at Milton.
Just a couple of comments. First though, I wanted to say that I find all of your articles very interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy first comment is a question. You mentionin the fifth photo that it was taken from the Sunseri building about 1884. Was it known as the Sunseri building at that time? I remember the Sunseri Grocery in the 50s. The reason I ask is that 1884 would have been very early for Italian immigrants to have owned a building, hence my curiosity.
My second comment is more of an FYI. The man identified as Giovanni Caicco in the photo of the RR workers was my grandfather. His name wasn’t Giovanni, though he went by the nickname of John. His birth name was actually Geniale, later Americanized to Eugene. Nothing that needs to be corrected, I just thought you might like to know.