One hundred years ago the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad opened their Lackawanna Cut Off project. This project included the construction of massive railroad bridge in Nicholson, Pa. The Nicholson Bridge is something to behold.
To mark this milestone I have gathered together the coverage of the opening of the span from the Nov. 6, 1915 edition of the Scranton Times.
Nov 6 1915 – Scranton Times
Visit https://www.dropbox.com/s/iipjbjd3dhrrqzm/Nicholson%20Bridge.pdf?dl=0 to read the coverage of the opening.
Here are a few images from that opening day:
On left, the first train to pass over the Nicholson Viaduct on Nov. 6, 1915. At right is Charles E. Booth, conductor on that first train ride. Times-Tribune Archives
The dignitaries: N.T. Purdy, of Dalton, and C.E. Lathrope, of Carbondale, road one the first Lackawanna trains back in the 1850s (top image); Pennsylvania Governor Martin C. Brumbaugh and W.H. Truesdale, president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (middle image); F.M. Talbot, man who built the viaduct, and Timothy Burke, Scranton contractor who bulit one of the cutoff sections (bottom image). Times-Tribune Archives
In September, the Nicholson Heritage Association held a celebration marking the anniversary. Here are the links to those stories:
Sept 13, 2015 – Nicholson reflects on significance of bridge
Sept 6, 2015 – A look at the history of the Nicholson Bridge
Sept 6, 2015 – Local History – Nicholson Bridge still captures admirers
Related items:
Nicholson Fire Co. - http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/pages/index.php/2014/02/03/the-stacks-nicholson-fire-co/
Tallest Structures - http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/pages/index.php/2010/01/05/the-tallest-structure/
- Brian
