Lehigh Valley Railroad

Lehigh Valley Railroad (HM1P2I)

Location: Sayre, PA 18840 Bradford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 58.828', W 76° 31.111'

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1870-1976 Sayre PA

— LVRR 1904 —

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1889
· 1870 Development of Sayre as a railroad town began with the naming of the junction for Robert H. Sayre, Chief Engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. · 1889 Cornerstone for the Packer Avenue Bridge. · 1896 Cornerstone for the "Footbridge" at Lockhart Street. · 1894 Locomotive shops of the L.V.R.R. were built. They were the second largest locomotive shops in the world. · 1976 Lehigh Valley Railroad ceased operations and on April 1st became part of Conrail. · 1991 This monument dedicated September 7th by Sayre Centennial Incorporated.
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1896
Sayre, Pennsylvania came into existence shortly after the Civil War as a railroading town. Several small railroads converged here and eventually became part of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The railroad was Sayre's major employer at the end of the 19th century and for the greater part of the 20th century. This monument is dedicated to the thousands of workers at the Sayre facilities of the L.V.R.R.
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HM NumberHM1P2I
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Year Placed1991
Placed BySayre Centennial Incorporated
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Date Added Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 at 9:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 374200 N 4648722
Decimal Degrees41.98046667, -76.51851667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 58.828', W 76° 31.111'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 58' 49.68" N, 76° 31' 6.66" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-109 Park Pl, Sayre PA 18840, US
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