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From: "David J DOT Monte Verde" dmvgvt AT earthlink DOT net
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:34:35 -0500
Subject: Lackawanna Wooden Towers
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I believe that the East Stroudsburg Lackawanna tower is the last of its
kind-wooden cantilever Lackawanna towers. Is this true?

What other locations had Lackawanna cantilever styled towers like
E.Stroudsburg? I know there was on in Buffalo crossing of the PRR
Buffalo Harrisburg Main DM tower to the Pennsy and Bailey Avenue to the
DL (picture attached). Going east-East Buffalo had a stucco-wood tower,
but no cantilever, next came BR&P/B&O Junction which was an overhead
crossing with a BR&P styled station along the Lackawanna, but painted
Lackawanna dark green & orangish/red (picture attached). The next
crossing of the Lackawanna was at Mt. Morris where the PRR Rochester
Branch crossed the DL on a diamond, wooden non cantilever (Picture
attached), next was Erie Mt. Morris Branch crossing east of Mt. Morris
depot, it looked more like an Erie square tower no cantilever.

Next was a classic DL cantilever tower at the East end of Groveland yard
which let the pushers out for Dansville Hill. Next there was a
cantilever tower at Elmira where the Lehigh Valley's EC&N crossed the
DL.

I have been told the there was a cantilever tower at Henryville, Pa. on
the east slope of the Poconos & it was moved to Washington, NJ when that
tower burnt, is this true? Also there was a cantilever tower at the
west end of the Oxford Tunnels that controlled the PRR Bel-Del.
interchange (picture attached). As most of us know there was a
cantalever one at Dover that was torn down a few years ago, but the
question is where were there more wooden cantilever DL&W towers. Were
Tobyhanna, Gouldsboro, and Gravel Place concrete towers once wooden
towers?

David Monte Verde


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