Conestoga Traction Company trolley freight car no. 313, and one end of no. 314, at freight station, North Lime Street, Lancaster, from across old Pennsylvania Railroad cut.
Provenance
Gift of Sue Radocy in memory of Harry and Esther Siegrist and Maurice and Mildred Wimer.
Aerial view of the northern part of Lancaster city showing the railroad station on McGovern Avenue. Area outlined in red is the Station Square project by Robert Vanderslice.
Foot of Chiques Hill where Reading Railroad Chiques line and Conestoga Traction Co. Marietta/Columbia line cross. Trolley is on trestle, either coming from or going to Marietta. Curved track is trolley line which crosses meadow on trestle.
Photograph- Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
Photograph- Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
Description
Ice jam at foot of Locust Street, Columbia, near coal chutes. Written on back: "Reading Railroad shipped coal to Columbia by train then dumped it in coal chutes where it was put aboard boats and shipped to Baltimore. This is why the Reading Railroad bought the canal, later, from Pennsylvania. It was competition in the coal business."
