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Title
Lehigh Valley Rail Road Station, Caledonia
Description
Number 7 on the Burleigh map, an original modest structure served the needs of a railroad built primarily to deliver coal from the Pennsylvania anthracite fields, east to New York and west to Buffalo on the Great Lakes. Amidst ferocious competition, however, the relatively small line came to depend upon moving western wheat and, eventually, passengers. Accordingly, in 1891, an “ornate station with its stained glass windows and Gothic scroll work was built by immigrant laborers” (Caledonia Advertiser 16 Mar 1972).<br />
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Beginning in 1896, the Lehigh railroad became known for its luxurious "Black Flag Express" service between Buffalo and New York: a "combined cafe, library, writing and smoking room for gentlemen"; a "ladies retiring room"; a dining car and plate-glass observation windows "to view the rapidly passing scenery" (Caledonia Advertiser 2 April 1896). For passenger service the Lehigh's heyday was the first quarter of the 20th century, after which it began a gradual decline due to competition from automobiles. The station was demolished in 1972.<br />
Publisher
1. Caledonia Era<br />
2. Caledonia Advertiser
Date
1. 1911-07-05<br />
2. 1893-08-31<br />
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
1-2. Courtesy of Tom Tryniski / Fulton History<br />
3. Courtesy of Wikipedia
Format
1. jpeg, 254 KB<br />
2. jpeg, 473 KB<br />
3. gif, 4 KB
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Original Format
Newspaper advertisements