>Do any of you Lambertville history buffs know the location of the >Pennsylvania R. R. repair shops and especially the round house. The only one I know of was a roundhouse on the road from Stockton to Sergeantsville. It fell into major disrepair and I thought it was torn down, but here's a Google satellite photo of the remains of a building that could fit the bill. If you "pull out" on the photo you can see exactly where it is. Here is the long URL and, if that gets battered in translation through the board, the short URL. Hope it helps! Full URL: [1]http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669& spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc= 6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74. 973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 Short URL: [2]http://g.co/maps/6y2gw AND...btw...once he got to Lambertville, do you know how he made the link to a Philly train? For those who are not local, there's a fairly wide river in the way...the Delaware. Did he walk across the New Hope-Lambertville bridge, up a short incline, and catch a train at New Hope? That would have taken him across what today has been reopened as a tourist RR -- the New Hope and Ivyland RR -- which connects into what is today the SEPTA -- Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority -- Warminster commuter rail line. That's a heckuva haul!! --Scott Tilden References 1. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669&spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc=6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74.973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 2. http://g.co/maps/6y2gw

Images of America Lambertville and New Hope has great information on the train service and a photo of the turntable. Nancy ~   Nancy Janyszeski Bucks County & Northampton History • BucksCountyHistory • Bucks County GenWeb • http://www.pa-roots.com/~northampton/ • http://www.nockamixon.us • PAGenweb • Spruance Library Bucks County Historical Society    * Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania http://www.genpa.org/ >________________________________ >From: Scott Tilden <swtilden@earthlink.net> >To: njhunter@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 9:50 AM >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJHUNTER "Lambertville" roundhouse > > >  >Do any of you Lambertville history buffs know the location of the >  >Pennsylvania R. R. repair shops and especially the round house. > > >  The  only  one I know of was a roundhouse on the road from Stockton to >  Sergeantsville. It fell into major disrepair and I thought it was torn down, >  but here's a Google satellite photo of the remains of a building that could >  fit the bill. If you "pull out" on the photo you can see exactly where it >  is. > > >  Here is the long URL and, if that gets battered in translation through the >  board, the short URL. > > >  Hope it helps! > > >  Full URL: > >  [1]http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669& >  spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc= >  6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74. >  973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 > > >  Short URL: > >  [2]http://g.co/maps/6y2gw > > >  AND...btw...once he got to Lambertville, do you know how he made the link to >  a Philly train? For those who are not local, there's a fairly wide river in >  the way...the Delaware. Did he walk across the New Hope-Lambertville bridge, >  up a short incline, and catch a train at New Hope? That would have taken him >  across what today has been reopened as a tourist RR -- the New Hope and >  Ivyland RR -- which connects into what is today the SEPTA -- Southeast >  Pennsylvania Transportation Authority -- Warminster commuter rail line. >  That's a heckuva haul!! > > >  --Scott Tilden > >References > >  1. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669&spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc=6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74.973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 >  2. http://g.co/maps/6y2gw >Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

That "round house" on Rte 523 (the road from Stockton to Sergeantsville) was never intended for railroad use. It was a barn. Check the Beers Atlas for 1873 for Lambertville Railroad structures. Marfy *Marfy Goodspeed **marfyg@gmail.com** Goodspeed Histories http://goodspeedhistories.com/ * On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Scott Tilden <swtilden@earthlink.net>wrote: > > >Do any of you Lambertville history buffs know the location of the > >Pennsylvania R. R. repair shops and especially the round house. > > > The only one I know of was a roundhouse on the road from Stockton to > Sergeantsville. It fell into major disrepair and I thought it was torn > down, > but here's a Google satellite photo of the remains of a building that > could > fit the bill. If you "pull out" on the photo you can see exactly where it > is. > > > Here is the long URL and, if that gets battered in translation through > the > board, the short URL. > > > Hope it helps! > > > Full URL: > > [1] > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669& > > spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc= > > 6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74. > 973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 > > > Short URL: > > [2]http://g.co/maps/6y2gw > > > AND...btw...once he got to Lambertville, do you know how he made the > link to > a Philly train? For those who are not local, there's a fairly wide river > in > the way...the Delaware. Did he walk across the New Hope-Lambertville > bridge, > up a short incline, and catch a train at New Hope? That would have taken > him > across what today has been reopened as a tourist RR -- the New Hope and > Ivyland RR -- which connects into what is today the SEPTA -- Southeast > Pennsylvania Transportation Authority -- Warminster commuter rail line. > That's a heckuva haul!! > > > --Scott Tilden > > References > > 1. > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=stockton,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.411762,-74.973669&spn=0.000004,0.002629&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,86.132812&vpsrc=6&hnear=Stockton,+Hunterdon,+New+Jersey&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.411762,-74.973669&panoid=m_TUQm6cwEZM7sJQ5CLbZw&cbp=12,147.21,,0,0 > 2. http://g.co/maps/6y2gw > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >