Old Strafford P&W Station, 1908

1996.1114

 

Other copies of this image:

1996.1313




Object ID#    1996.1114                

Object Name     Photograph

Date     1908

Location        

Description    
View of the original terminal of the Philadelphia and Western Railroad.

Notes    
Typed on label: "The original terminal of the Philadelphia and / Western Railroad, Strafford, Pa., in 1908. / This old farmhouse, dating back to the Revolution, was altered about 1905 and used as a passenger / station for the electric line from 69th Street, / the tracks forming a loop in front of the / building. Shortly after the photograph was / made, it was torn down and the tracks were / extended across Sugartown Road and Lancaster / Avenue to Strafford Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad."