There were also a number of silk mills in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area around 1900/ bob gillis tonyhorn_@_earthlink.net wrote: >Paterson NJ was known as "The Silk City" and had a number of silk mills. I suspect that many of the silk shipments ended up there. There were also numerous woolen mills in the area, most of which had closed and/or moved south by the mid-50s > >Tony Horn > >-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Fred Stratton <erief7_@_msn.com> >>Sent: Mar 27, 2006 7:02 AM >>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net, paultup@optonline.net >>Subject: (erielack) Silk Trains >> >> >>I recieved this question via my website, does anyone have any info on this? >> >>Fred Stratton >>erief7_@_msn.com >>Clearwater, Florida >> >> >> >>>From: Alan Vanterpool <avtpool_@_shaw.ca> >>>To: erief7_@_msn.com >>>Subject: Silk Trains >>>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:50:43 -0700 >>> >>>Hello: >>> >>> >>> >>>From 1895 to 1935 fast trains moved bales of raw silk landed at west coast >> >> >>>ports to the east coast. I understand the Erie Rail Road was one of the >>>eastern roads with which the western roads interchanges their cars of silk. >>>Do you have any information on this - especially where the loads terminated >>>on the Erie system. >>> >>>Thank you. >>> >>>Alan Vanterpool >>> >>> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! >>http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ >> >> >> The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List >> Sponsored by the ELH&TS >> http://www.elhts.org >> >> > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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