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1907 Clark's Summit PA Northern Electric Street Railway Park Entrance Postcard
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Condition:RARE, Beautiful! Unposted but has inscription to Mrs. C.H. Marcy From Joe J.G.M (Joseph G. Marcy a Postcard Collector of PA). Message reads "Nellie Went Last Thursday." Very Fine Condition! Had a difficult ... Read More
Condition:RARE, Beautiful! Unposted but has inscription to Mrs. C.H. Marcy From Joe J.G.M (Joseph G. Marcy a Postcard Collector of PA). Message reads "Nellie Went Last Thursday." Very Fine Condition! Had a difficult time getting this one to scan without lines
A RARE 1907-1915 Clark's Summit PA Lackawanna County Northern Electric Street Railway Park Entrance Postcard
RARE, Beautiful! Unposted but has inscription to Mrs. C.H. Marcy From Joe J.G.M (Joseph G. Marcy a Postcard Collector of PA). Message reads "Nellie Went Last Thursday." Very Fine Condition!
1905 - The Northern Electric Street Railway was incorporated and operated as an interurban trolley between, Scranton and Montrose, through the heart of Tunkhannock Creek watershed. By acquiring the charters and franchises of the Dalton Street Railway Company, the Scranton, Factoryville and Tunkhannock Railway Company, and the Providence and Abington Turnpike and Plank Road Company, the Northern Electric secured the needed rights of way and began construction in 1906 with a maiden trip on July 1,1907. From the Scranton Terminal on Wyoming Avenue, near St Peter’s Cathedral, the trolley leased city trolley tracks through the city to Bull’s Head, Providence Corners, up the hill and through the Notch. Tracks were laid and stations built in Chinchilla, Clarks Summit, Green, Dalton, and LaPlume in Lackawanna County. Stations were built as near as possible to the center of each community, with some platforms for passengers and/or milk cans, located between stations to better serve the traveling public and farmers. Regular runs began as soon as the tracks were laid in each town, so that Clarks Summit had trolley service almost ten years before Montrose, which was not reached until 1916.
To expand ridership, the Northern Electric built two amusement parks: one at the top of the hill in Clarks Summit at Grove and State streets on the southwest corner of the intersection; and the other at the outlet of Lake Winola. Each park offered a carousel and a thrilling roller coaster ride, with a large dance pavilion and concession booths for ice cream and games. These destinations proved wonderfully popular to many people from Scranton and neighboring towns; on July 4, 1911, four thousand people visited the Northern Electric Park at Lake Winola. A special platform was built on the hill above Keystone in LaPlume where cars were switched for the ride to Lake Winola, which became a great summer resort for cottagers from Scranton.
Continuing through Wyoming County, stations were built in Factoryville and Nicholson, and into Susquehanna County at Foster (Hop Bottom), Brooklyn and Tiffany Junction, where travelers took a stage into Montrose. The Northern Electric bought the Binghamton Railway, changed the name of the corporation to Scranton and Binghamton Railroad, and planned to extend service to Binghamton through Heart lake, New Milford, Somerville, Hallstead, Corbettsville, Conklin, Conklin Center, and Binghamton. This plan was never realized due to prohibitive costs ($1,477,000), the already existing rail service between the two towns by the DL&W, and the increasing popularity of the automobile. Whatever its official name, the trolley was always called “The Northern Electric.”
Electric power was generated by the big brick power plant at Brookside (now Dalton Do-It Center) and sold to many nearby communities interested in having electric lights replace gas lamps. Electrical storms often interrupted service to the trolley and other customers; occasionally, heavily laden double-header trolleys, carrying workers up the long hill home from the city, demanded more power than was available and lights dimmed in homes along the line. Car barns with repair shops were built across the road from the power plant and a long trestle carried the trolleys over the DL&W tracks (now Rt.6& l1) toward LaPlume. Burning coal produced electricity and the Northern Electric conducted a modest sideline of carrying coal beyond Brookside to pockets in Factoryville and Nicholson for resale
> Opening around 1910, Northern Electric Park was owned by the Northern Electric Railroad, which also owned the park at Lake Winola.
>
> The park featured a dance hall, carousel, and roller coaster.
>
> A fire at the dance pavilion, that also spread to part of the roller coaster, closed the park in 1925.
The Northern Electric passenger cars had a capacity of 48 and 50 persons and offered regular service every hour, and, during peak periods, every half hour, from 5:30am to 11pm. The cars traveled on a single track except where there were switches for trolleys to pass. Over most of the track, trolley speed averaged about thirty mph, although some conductors were reported to “let ‘er rip” up to 60 mph on more rural stretches. The Northern Electric adhered to strict schedules and operated scheduled runs in a timely fashion. The company also had milk cars that provided a great service for area farmers who needed their milk to have prompt delivery to markets. Bursehel Dairy of Scranton operated creameries in Nicholson and Lake Winola where they made delicious “Dutch Cheese”, buttermilk and Bursehel’s ice cream, made with real cream, the finest that could be bought — five cents a cone.
LaPlume Northern Electric Power House
Buyer to receive free s/h anywhere within the continental us.
All items ship within 1-3 days of receipt of payment.
International Bids Welcome!
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A RARE 1907-1915 Clark's Summit PA Lackawanna County Northern Electric Street Railway Park Entrance Postcard
RARE, Beautiful! Unposted but has inscription to Mrs. C.H. Marcy From Joe J.G.M (Joseph G. Marcy a Postcard Collector of PA). Message reads "Nellie Went Last Thursday." Very Fine Condition!
1905 - The Northern Electric Street Railway was incorporated and operated as an interurban trolley between, Scranton and Montrose, through the heart of Tunkhannock Creek watershed. By acquiring the charters and franchises of the Dalton Street Railway Company, the Scranton, Factoryville and Tunkhannock Railway Company, and the Providence and Abington Turnpike and Plank Road Company, the Northern Electric secured the needed rights of way and began construction in 1906 with a maiden trip on July 1,1907. From the Scranton Terminal on Wyoming Avenue, near St Peter’s Cathedral, the trolley leased city trolley tracks through the city to Bull’s Head, Providence Corners, up the hill and through the Notch. Tracks were laid and stations built in Chinchilla, Clarks Summit, Green, Dalton, and LaPlume in Lackawanna County. Stations were built as near as possible to the center of each community, with some platforms for passengers and/or milk cans, located between stations to better serve the traveling public and farmers. Regular runs began as soon as the tracks were laid in each town, so that Clarks Summit had trolley service almost ten years before Montrose, which was not reached until 1916.
To expand ridership, the Northern Electric built two amusement parks: one at the top of the hill in Clarks Summit at Grove and State streets on the southwest corner of the intersection; and the other at the outlet of Lake Winola. Each park offered a carousel and a thrilling roller coaster ride, with a large dance pavilion and concession booths for ice cream and games. These destinations proved wonderfully popular to many people from Scranton and neighboring towns; on July 4, 1911, four thousand people visited the Northern Electric Park at Lake Winola. A special platform was built on the hill above Keystone in LaPlume where cars were switched for the ride to Lake Winola, which became a great summer resort for cottagers from Scranton.
Continuing through Wyoming County, stations were built in Factoryville and Nicholson, and into Susquehanna County at Foster (Hop Bottom), Brooklyn and Tiffany Junction, where travelers took a stage into Montrose. The Northern Electric bought the Binghamton Railway, changed the name of the corporation to Scranton and Binghamton Railroad, and planned to extend service to Binghamton through Heart lake, New Milford, Somerville, Hallstead, Corbettsville, Conklin, Conklin Center, and Binghamton. This plan was never realized due to prohibitive costs ($1,477,000), the already existing rail service between the two towns by the DL&W, and the increasing popularity of the automobile. Whatever its official name, the trolley was always called “The Northern Electric.”
Electric power was generated by the big brick power plant at Brookside (now Dalton Do-It Center) and sold to many nearby communities interested in having electric lights replace gas lamps. Electrical storms often interrupted service to the trolley and other customers; occasionally, heavily laden double-header trolleys, carrying workers up the long hill home from the city, demanded more power than was available and lights dimmed in homes along the line. Car barns with repair shops were built across the road from the power plant and a long trestle carried the trolleys over the DL&W tracks (now Rt.6& l1) toward LaPlume. Burning coal produced electricity and the Northern Electric conducted a modest sideline of carrying coal beyond Brookside to pockets in Factoryville and Nicholson for resale
> Opening around 1910, Northern Electric Park was owned by the Northern Electric Railroad, which also owned the park at Lake Winola.
>
> The park featured a dance hall, carousel, and roller coaster.
>
> A fire at the dance pavilion, that also spread to part of the roller coaster, closed the park in 1925.
The Northern Electric passenger cars had a capacity of 48 and 50 persons and offered regular service every hour, and, during peak periods, every half hour, from 5:30am to 11pm. The cars traveled on a single track except where there were switches for trolleys to pass. Over most of the track, trolley speed averaged about thirty mph, although some conductors were reported to “let ‘er rip” up to 60 mph on more rural stretches. The Northern Electric adhered to strict schedules and operated scheduled runs in a timely fashion. The company also had milk cars that provided a great service for area farmers who needed their milk to have prompt delivery to markets. Bursehel Dairy of Scranton operated creameries in Nicholson and Lake Winola where they made delicious “Dutch Cheese”, buttermilk and Bursehel’s ice cream, made with real cream, the finest that could be bought — five cents a cone.
LaPlume Northern Electric Power House
Buyer to receive free s/h anywhere within the continental us.
All items ship within 1-3 days of receipt of payment.
International Bids Welcome!
Thank You for Viewing This Auction!
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