This site is interesting in that it is the site of repairs and the turntable was where the maintenance and repairs were done.   http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=16855   There is a photo of the turntable in the Images of Lambertville book. 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: Marfy Goodspeed <marfyg@gmail.com> >To: Scott Tilden <swtilden@earthlink.net>; njhunter@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 1:09 PM >Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] NJHUNTER "Lambertville" roundhouse > >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 >> >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 > > >