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Leonard Hill
A view of the NYO&W Railway's Scranton Division and Leonard Hill in Hancock NY, looking west. The Scranton Division was completed as a single track line in 1890. It was double tracked 1910-12. This view most likely dates from late 1912. The photograph was taken by Deforest (Pat) Diver, an O&W locomotive engineer, who photographed along the entire Railway.View of Hancock, NY, Circa 1890
Shown is the intersection of Read and Main Streets in Hancock, New York. This view dates Circa 1890. The Hancock Herald Building of this period is shown on the S.E. corner or Read & Main Streets. The building was originally built in 1877 and moved to this site from Center Street. The building housed the City Market after The Herald when the newspaper relocated to new quarters. Munns Depot
This image (left) may be the oldest known photograph of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway depot at Munnsville, New York. The two buildings left of the depot have not been seen before by modern scholars. The present owner has completed an extraordinary restoration of this rare example of American railroad architecture.
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NYO & W Railway at Randallsville, NY
Rare photograph of New York, Ontario & Western Railway at Randallsville, New York. At Randallsville, a branch veered off to the East that led to the Pecksport Loop and also to that portion originally built by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, The Utica, Clinton & Binghamton Railroad. The Rome & Utica Branches were on the UC&B RR. Photograph dated circa 1891.
Rare view of NYO & W Railway Depot at Beerston, NY
This is a rare glimpse of a little known railroad depot at Beerston, New York. Beerston is a small hamlet in Delaware County, north of Cadosia and south Of Walton. Most O&W historians believe there was no depot between Apex and Walton other than Rock Rift.
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Early Overview of Carbondale, PA
This early overview of Carbondale, Pennsylvania provides a view of the earliest steam railroading facilities in the city (upper left), an early steam locomotive (right), an early powder keg or blasting powder manufacturing site, and stationary engines, associated with a colliery or possibly the Gravity Railroad of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. The presence of coal miners with blackened faces and miners' hats likely indicates that these encrusted gentlemen have emerged from a coal mine nearby.
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This overview of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's Gravity Railroad in Carbondale, Pennsylvania dates from about 1880. The photograph was made by L. Hensel. The railroad was originally called the Carbondale Railroad. It was the first commercial railroad in America longer than ten miles.
Roebling's Aqueducts
A span of the Delaware Aqueduct is viewed from Minisink, New York, looking towards Pennsylvania. A section of the original D&H Canal inlet from 1827 parallels the river in the foreground. The Aqueduct opened in 1849 and greatly facilitated river crossings. This technological innovation of John Roebling was the prototype for American suspension bridges. On the right is the Neversink Aqueduct of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. This aqueduct was also a suspension aqueduct designed by John Roebling. The aqueduct was built near Cuddebackville, New York.
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Unraveling the Myth
Which locomotive made the first run on a commercial railroad constructed longer than 10 miles in the Western Hemisphere? Since 1829, a myth perpetuated by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, has persisted about the run of the first steam locomotive on a commercial railroad in the Western Hemisphere. Stephen Marder spoke on this subject at the National Canal Museum in Easton, PA on March 15, 2003. More ...