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From: "McKnight, Richard" pat_mcknight AT nps DOT gov
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 19:01:22 -0500
Subject: Re: (erielack) C3962-C3965 Kingsland NJ
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The next image of the Kingsland Station in the negative collection is
X1385. While there is no date on the image, it was likely taken between
1919 and 1920. I have attached it.

Also what makes history history is that it is constantly being revised.

Pat McKnight


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Curtis Brookshire <
curtis.brookshire@verizon.net> wrote:

> Interesting set of "before" shots of the grade level Kingsland station and
> surroundings. The arch underpass in C3964 should be the location of the
> current station. No sign of construction yet.
>
> Now a question: In the stations section of Taber's bible of all things
> Lackawanna (DL&W in the 20th Century Vol 2), under the Kingsland listing it
> states that the track was relocated in 1903-04 and a new brick station
> constructed. These images dated 3/24/1917 would indicate a later date for
> the new station. Anyone care to take a gander on when the current station
> was built? I look forward to seeing if there are negatives in the
> Steamtown collection showing the over the tracks station.
>
> While a minor correction, sometimes evidence surfaces years later that
> upsets even the most meticulous research as we all hold the Taber volumes
> as the Gold Standard of Lackawanna history.
>
> Curtis Brookshire
> Manassas, VA
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