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Scranton station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)

Coordinates: 41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W / 41.41167°N 75.67111°W / 41.41167; -75.67111
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Scranton
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station
Vacant station building in 2007
General information
Location602 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA
Coordinates41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W / 41.41167°N 75.67111°W / 41.41167; -75.67111
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Terminus Lehigh and Susquehanna Division Taylor
toward Phillipsburg
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Freight Station
Built1891
ArchitectWilson Bros.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.79002250[1]
Added to NRHP1979

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, was the western terminus of the Central Railroad of New Jersey line, 192 miles (309 km) from its base of operations in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located on West Lackawanna Avenue over the Lackawanna River from downtown Scranton, near Steamtown National Historic Site. It is to be distinguished from the other legacy Scranton station, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Scranton Station, where service persisted to 1970.[2]

Built in 1891 in a Romanesque Revival style, it was at first an unusual instance of a freight terminal being more visually striking than its corresponding passenger terminal. The station was a site for trains from the south, from Allentown via Wilkes-Barre and Jim Thorpe. Through trains or connections were available at Allentown for Jersey City and Philadelphia. Service ended at some point between 1950 and 1954.[3][4] When the railroad shut down its Pennsylvania operations in 1972 during bankruptcy proceedings, the terminal was closed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which took them over, and has remained unused since that time.[5]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4., 145–149
  3. ^ "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
  4. ^ "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1954.
  5. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John T. Cognetti (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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