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From: "J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT " root AT bluemoon DOT net
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:35:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: (erielack) FW: DL&W National Branch / Steel Mill Branch
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I extracted the original map image URL from the HTML part of MJC's original
incoming email and only got a thumbnail image that was too small to even tell
what the subject map was. Not that it will be of use to anyone, but it is
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_image.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd//gmd382m/g3822m/g3822wm/gla00091/ca000010.jp2&x=1858&y=1424&res=0&width=640&height=480&lastres=0&jpegLevel=80

I played with the URL parameters and was unable to get a larger image to
display so I went to google and searched for "site:memory.loc.gov
gmd382m/g3822m/g3822wm/gla00091" and got lucky. I clicked "on picture for
larger image, full item, or more versions" and matched up the thumbnail to
the index image and pouf, we have an 1894 map of the "Wyoming and Lackawanna
Valleys, Plate 7."

One of the big problems with the Library of Congress "American Memory" site is
that it is very hard and sometimes impossible to share a URL for a resource
there. This one should work, but I have copied and converted the full image to
a regular jpeg file, which I have attached.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd//gmd382m/g3822m/g3822wm/gla00091/ca000010.jp2&style=gmd&itemLink=r?ammem/gmd:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28g3822wm+gla00091%29%29&title=Atlas%20of%20the%20Wyoming%20and%20Lackawanna%20Valleys%20and%20map%20of%20Luzerne%20and%20Lackawanna%20counties,%20Penna.%20%3a%20from%20actual%20surveys,%20official%20records%20%26%20private%20plans%20%2f%20compiled%20and%20published%20by%20G.%20Wm.%20Baist.+-+Wyoming%20and%20Lackawanna%20Valleys,%20Plate%207

The two branches spoken of below are in the middle of the map below the
"BLOOMSBURG BR. OF D.L.&W. R. R." label and they both cross the river.

Henry

J. Henry Priebe Jr. Blue Moon Internet Corp Network Administrator
www.bluemoon.net Internet Access & Web Hosting
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 Michael Connor offered:

>
> Some DL&W information of Scranton area interest.MJC
> From: jjs992679@hotmail.com
> To: Subject: DL&W National Branch / Steel Mill Branch
> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:21:03 -0400
>
> The DL&W had two industrial spurs near Taylor that connected to the
> Bloomsburg Branch. The National Branch connected to the Bloom near the "G"
> in Bloomsburg to the left center of the attached map. It proceeded to the
> northeast crossed overhead of the CNJ mainline, over the Lackawanna River
> and crossed the D&H RR at grade. There was an interlocking plant at the
> crossing called "National Tower". The interlocking machine is listed in the
> 1920 DL&W book of Stations, Officials, etc. The 1950 D&H employee timetable
> has a listing for telephones with one at "the former National Tower". The
> line served the National colliery located on the east side of the D&H and
> the Meadowbrook colliery a short distance to the east.
>
> The "Steel Mill Branch" connected at the "D" in DL&W in the center area of
> the map. It ran parellel to the CNJ crossing it at grade, then crossed the
> Lackawanna River and entered the Steel Mill area located between the River
> and the D&H. This branch survived at least until 1971 as it was listed in
> the special instructions of CNJ employee timetable #11. RAS - Please
> forward to the "DRY" group!


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