According to my 1976 book "History of Lackawanna" there was a wing at OLV hospital called the Bethlehem-Taylor wing which was equiped to do surgery. This may have been after the Moses Taylor hospital was no longer in use. The book also say's that Moses Taylor was an early invester in the steel company when it was in Scranton PA (Abt 1860) and before all the mergers, name changes and move to Lackawanna around 1900. The company also owned an ore ship named the SS Moses Taylor which was the first ship to deliver ore to the docks at the new ship canal. The new plant that was to be constructed in Lackawanna was on 1600 acres. Moses Taylor hospital opened in November 1903. Kevin ---- Gail <[email protected]> wrote: ============= According to my friend, the operations were performed at the building site at the beginning of Bethlehem Steel property (Buffalo side ) on the lake front on route 5 Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Val" <[email protected]> To: "Amy Lathrop" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital located >I certainly hope you see angels fly in your sleep. Great job. > > Perhaps the small hospital next to the main office was just for cuts > and minor injuries. There must have been many of those since there > were so many injuries that actually lead to death. > > One last article I found at the great site you were using for > newspapers: > > Newspaper Buffalo NY Morning Express 1903 > > One of the features of the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant that > attest the breadth of view of those who have founded that institution > is the Moses Taylor Hospital that has been designed for the benefit > of employees of the plant. It will be a big building 100 feet long, > with wings running back 30 (?) feet and within the best ideas as to > modern hospital equipment will be employed. > > Thanks for all your time and help. > > Val > > > > > > On 2 May 2008 at 3:08, Amy Lathrop <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mystery solved. Moses Taylor Hospital was on Ridge Road, Across from >> Holland Ave, between the "R.C. church" and the "Polish church". So >> essentially, it was where the Friendship House is now. Actually, the >> playground is situatated over the hospitals footprint. >> >> However, according to the 1915 map I am viewing at >> http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlate.php?country=US >> &m=38751<http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlate.php?c >> ountry=US&m=38751> there is also a small hospital next to the main >> office on Hamburg Turnpike. >> >> >> I can sleep now. >> >> >> >> Niters, >> >> Amy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1411 - Release Date: 5/2/2008 > 8:02 AM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I, also, wish to thank everyone who contributed to this subject. I've lived in the Bethlehem Steel Plant area all my life and learned more about it in the past few days then I have by living here. For the person who is coming to the area - Lackawanna is a beautiful little city and you'll love Victory Basilica and please visit the Botanical Gardens which is in walking distance from the church and don't forget the old cemetery in the same area. You'll truly be in awe and very safe. City Hall is, also, in walking distance from the church. This weekend the old OLV hospital is having an open house for the newly renovated building which has been made into a new senior community. It includes a dinning room, living room with fireplace, kitchen, laundry room and bathing spa. In meantime funds will be raised for Father Baker Memorial Gaslight Park and "Main Street" concourse, which will include a chapel, barber/beauty shop, gift shop, lab collection sit, history museum and other amenities. It's so nice that the building won't sit empty. There is a wonderful new restaurant on South Park Avenue between the Basilica and Botanical Gardens called Daisies that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Ruth At 12:30 AM 5/3/2008 -0400, you wrote: >According to my 1976 book "History of Lackawanna" there was a wing at OLV >hospital called the Bethlehem-Taylor wing which was equiped to do surgery. >This may have been after the Moses Taylor hospital was no longer in use. >The book also say's that Moses Taylor was an early invester in the steel >company when it was in Scranton PA (Abt 1860) and before all the mergers, >name changes and move to Lackawanna around 1900. The company also owned an >ore ship named the SS Moses Taylor which was the first ship to deliver ore >to the docks at the new ship canal. The new plant that was to be >constructed in Lackawanna was on 1600 acres. Moses Taylor hospital opened >in November 1903. > >Kevin >---- Gail <[email protected]> wrote:

Great information, Kevin. I discovered a few more details. Putting them in chronological order helps me make sense of what may have happened. Moses Taylor died in the 1882. The present Moses Taylor Hospital is at 700 Quincy Avenue, Scranton, PA. and it was constructed n 1892 probably by his descendents or maybe even according to his estate. The Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital was built for the treatment of the sick and injured coal miners and railroad workers who populated the area. It sounds like when the businesses were purchased in Lackawanna that the same pattern was followed. Perhaps they considered the Lackawanna Moses Taylor Hospital which opened in 1903 as a satellite of the one in Scranton or perhaps it was a necessity because there wasn't another hospital close enough. Our Lady of Victory Hospital wasn't built until 1919 so this Hospital was needed badly in 1903. Bethlehem Steel purchased Lackawanna Steel in 1922. I can imagine that with the OLV close at hand, the Moses Taylor Hospital wasn't needed as badly and funding the Bethlehem-Taylor wing in the OLV hospital may have been seen as a good alternative. You would think all this history would be written somewhere. Thanks again, Val On 3 May 2008 at 0:30, <[email protected]> wrote: > According to my 1976 book "History of Lackawanna" there was a wing at > OLV hospital called the Bethlehem-Taylor wing which was equiped to do > surgery. This may have been after the Moses Taylor hospital was no > longer in use. The book also say's that Moses Taylor was an early > invester in the steel company when it was in Scranton PA (Abt 1860) > and before all the mergers, name changes and move to Lackawanna around > 1900. The company also owned an ore ship named the SS Moses Taylor > which was the first ship to deliver ore to the docks at the new ship > canal. The new plant that was to be constructed in Lackawanna was on > 1600 acres. Moses Taylor hospital opened in November 1903. > > Kevin > ---- Gail <[email protected]> wrote: > > ============= > According to my friend, the operations were performed at the building > site at the beginning of Bethlehem Steel property (Buffalo side ) on > the lake front on route 5 Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: > "Val" <[email protected]> To: "Amy Lathrop" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:04 AM Subject: Re: > [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital located > > > >I certainly hope you see angels fly in your sleep. Great job. > > > > Perhaps the small hospital next to the main office was just for cuts > > and minor injuries. There must have been many of those since there > > were so many injuries that actually lead to death. > > > > One last article I found at the great site you were using for > > newspapers: > > > > Newspaper Buffalo NY Morning Express 1903 > > > > One of the features of the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant that > > attest the breadth of view of those who have founded that > > institution is the Moses Taylor Hospital that has been designed for > > the benefit of employees of the plant. It will be a big building > > 100 feet long, with wings running back 30 (?) feet and within the > > best ideas as to modern hospital equipment will be employed. > > > > Thanks for all your time and help. > > > > Val > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 May 2008 at 3:08, Amy Lathrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Mystery solved. Moses Taylor Hospital was on Ridge Road, Across > >> from Holland Ave, between the "R.C. church" and the "Polish > >> church". So essentially, it was where the Friendship House is now. > >> Actually, the playground is situatated over the hospitals > >> footprint. > >> > >> However, according to the 1915 map I am viewing at > >> http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlate.php?country > >> =US > >> &m=38751<http://www.historicmapworks.com/Sections/Maps/viewPlate.ph > >> p?c ountry=US&m=38751> there is also a small hospital next to the > >> main office on Hamburg Turnpike. > >> > >> > >> I can sleep now. > >> > >> > >> > >> Niters, > >> > >> Amy > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1411 - Release Date: > > 5/2/2008 8:02 AM > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >