Asher & Adams’ New Columbian Railroad Atlas of 1879 is very large format; about 18 by 24 inch pages. To get a lot of written material into a Billmeyer & Small ad appearing on page 408, the text is very small. Small text coupled with the ad being reduced to
Asher & Adams’ New Columbian Railroad Atlas of 1879 is very large format; about 18 by 24 inch pages. To get a lot of written material into a Billmeyer & Small ad appearing on page 408, the text is very small. Small text coupled with the ad being reduced to
Where does Rail Car Manufacturing fall within The Rise of Industrial York? I ask this question during my presentations on 19th Century Railway Car Builders of York. There is no doubt rail car building was one of the earliest industrial industries in York. These 19th Century manufacturers shipped rail car
This drawing of The York Car Works of Billmeyer & Small appears as part of a full-page-408 ad in Asher & Adams’ New Columbian Railroad Atlas of 1879. The view is as if one were hovering over the railroad station, or currently hovering over Sovereign Bank Stadium, and looking southeast.
Last Monday I explored how Barshinger Creek got its name; i.e. from the name of a mill along this creek. Simon A. Barshinger expanded and operated the mill known as Barshinger’s Mill from 1892 to 1920. The location of Barshinger’s Mill site on an overall view of Barshinger Creek was
Two weeks ago I posted an article from the York Daily issue of June 30, 1871 that ended by boasting railcar builder Billmeyer & Small of York “have secured the building of the first one hundred narrow gauge cars ever used in this country, most of which are already far
The York Daily Record article on Saturday about Red Lion Area High School alums and students spearheading an effort to protect the Barshinger Creek freshwater ecosystem caused me to dust off some information in my files about the creek name. This information was gathered for my book Barshingers in America,
General William J. Palmer and his associates incorporated their vision of a grand western railroad, The Denver & Rio Grande, on October 27, 1870. After General Palmer announced in a speech on February 17, 1871 his intention to build his railroad as the countries first narrow gauge railway, many other
York, Pennsylvania can claim the title as one of the earliest railroad manufacturing towns due to the efforts of Phineas Davis. York even honored Phineas Davis by placing his locomotive on the seal of the borough. Does anyone know how long this seal design was used? Davis was responsible for
In my previous post about meeting John D. Denney, Jr., I noted that he was the foremost authority on Billmeyer & Small. He had spent decades researching the company and their railcars, yet claimed that he found little to show for his efforts. I have to disagree, John uncovered the