by Brad P
In 1872, the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad opened its Darby Improvement, a new alignment from the Gray's Ferry Bridge in West Philadelphia. Among other things, this required a new Gray's Ferry station, which the PW&B built at 49th Street.
The station is marked on this 1886 map, near the intersection of 49th Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue: http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/fea ... 24p027.pdf
I've also found it in a 1925 aerial photo (it's there, if you know where to look): http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/ref/colle ... 1uw/id/582
It seems to have disappeared by 1968, because it doesn't appear on this Penn Central timetable: http://pc.smellycat.com/docs/passenger/ ... 7-68p3.jpg
Can anyone help me figure out when it was closed and demolished? It sits on the Northeast Corridor, so its final owner may have been the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington; the Pennsy; or even Penn Central.
Grateful for any help. Brad
The station is marked on this 1886 map, near the intersection of 49th Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue: http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/fea ... 24p027.pdf
I've also found it in a 1925 aerial photo (it's there, if you know where to look): http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/ref/colle ... 1uw/id/582
It seems to have disappeared by 1968, because it doesn't appear on this Penn Central timetable: http://pc.smellycat.com/docs/passenger/ ... 7-68p3.jpg
Can anyone help me figure out when it was closed and demolished? It sits on the Northeast Corridor, so its final owner may have been the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington; the Pennsy; or even Penn Central.
Grateful for any help. Brad