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From: "McKnight, Richard" pat_mcknight AT nps DOT gov
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:22:30 -0400
Subject: Re: (erielack) Steamtown Images--March 24, 2013 (C2421 thru C2425)
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Please see attached image of what I figure is the radio room within the
train. This photo is grouped with others relating to the radio tower in
Binghamton.

Must have seemed like rocket science back then.

Pat McKnight

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:43 PM, walter smith wrote:

>
> C2421 shows the 'radio tower' used by the RR to experiment with sending &
> receiving messages with the Marconi Co. The guys in the 1960s always
> referred to it as 'the radio tower' but I had no idea of its' background
> until I got the Taber book showing the article about the experimenting.
>
> Walt Smith
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "McKnight, Richard"
> To: EL Mail List
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 6:53 AM
> Subject: (erielack) Steamtown Images--March 24, 2013 (C2421 thru C2425)
>
>
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>
> C2421.jpg (image/jpeg, 2868x2229 795491 bytes, BF: 8.04 ppb)
> C2422.jpg (image/jpeg, 2804x2229 1246960 bytes, BF: 5.01 ppb)
> C2423.jpg (image/jpeg, 2780x2229 1474044 bytes, BF: 4.20 ppb)
> C2424.jpg (image/jpeg, 2804x2229 1070269 bytes, BF: 5.84 ppb)
> C2425.jpg (image/jpeg, 2804x2229 896944 bytes, BF: 6.97 ppb)
>
> Hello,
>
> Please find attached the following negatives:
>
> C2421--Binghamton, NY--Station platform [1915.01.20]
> C2422--Location unknown--Houses [1915.01.23]
> C2423--Location unknown--Landscaping [1915.01.23]
> C2424--Location unknown--ROW, 2 main tracks [1915.01.23]
> C2425--Location unknown--ROW, 2 main tracks [1915.01.26]
>
> If you have any additional comments on any of these images, let me know and
> I will update our database. Also, if any of you would like to assist with
> scanning (and are in the Scranton area) I am always happy to sign up new
> volunteers.
>
> Patrick McKnight
> Historian/Archivist
> Steamtown National Historic Site
>
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