South Orange Stations After Elevation

Photos below from 3/3/1916

                                        Below: Mountain Station after elevation, 3/4/1916

Pre-Elevation Stations

Above and Below: (C1575) 9/4/1913 Grove Street Lackawanna Station

                 
                   Above and below: Grove Street Lackawanna Station, built about 1903

                Above and below: East Orange Lackawanna Station at intersection with Main Street

                                       Above and below: Brick Church Lackawanna Station

                                    Above and below: Orange Lackawanna Station

                             Above: Highland Avenue Lackawanna Station in Orange, 9/5/1913

                      Above and below: Mountain Station at Montrose Avenue in South Orange

Above: Mountain Station

Below: South Orange Lackawanna Station at South Orange Avenue

           Above: Ampere Station: original station in left, foreground; "new" pre-elevation station being constructed in right, background

                                            Above and below: Ampere station

1916 Engineering News Article About the South Orange Elevation

Scientific American Article in September,1922 about the Elevation

New York Times December 17, 1922

South Orange Before RR Elevation

All photos courtesy of Steamtown National Historic Site Archives

Below: South Orange on an 1895 map

              Above C1661: looking south (westward bound) along the RR across Montrose Avenue at the                                                                Mountain Station 9/5/1913

         Below C1662: looking east along Montrose Avenue across RR, Mountain Station to right 9/5/1913

Above C1663: looking west along Montrose Avenue across RR, Mountain Station to left 9/5/1913

Below C1672: looking south (westward bound) along RR at Mead Street 9/15/1913

                                  Below C1673: looking east along Randolph St across RR 9/15/1913

            Below C1674: looking south (westward bound) along RR across Mead St 9/15/1913

Above C1675: looking east along Mead Street across RR 9/15/1913

Below C1676: looking west on Mead Street across RR 9/15/1913

       Above C1677: looking south (westward bound) along RR across South Orange Avenue 9/15/1913

                        Below C1678: looking east on South Orange Avenue across RR 9/15/1913

               Above C1679: looking west along South Orange Avenue across RR 9/15/1913

 Below C1680: looking south along Railroad Alley beside westward bound RR, 1st Street intersection, as seen from the south end of the RR station                                                                          9/15/1913

Above C1681: looking south (westward bound) along RR across 3rd Street 9/15/1913

Below C1682: looking east along 3rd Street across RR 9/15/1913

Above C1683: looking west along 3rd Street across RR 9/15/1913

Below: 6/9/1914

                Above C2084--South Orange, NJ--Montrose Avenue, eastward bound view down tracks (1914.06.09); Mountain Station is to photographer's right

Below: The Mountain Station on a 1912 Sanborn Insurance map

                             Below  C2085--South Orange, NJ--Mountain Station (1914.06.09); looking westward bound. Mountain Station platform  in distant left

          Below: detail from C2085 (above photo) showing Mountain Station platform at intersection with Montrose Ave , 6/9/1914

Above and below: postcard photos of Mountain Station looking westbound across Montrose Ave

                  C2086--South Orange, NJ--Montrose Avenue from Clark Street (1914.06.09)

                      C2087 South Orange, NJ--Meeker Street, eastward view (1914.06.09)

C2088--South Orange, NJ--Meeker Street, westward view (1914.06.09)

C2089--South Orange, NJ--Montrose Avenue, southward view from Meeker Street
(1914.06.09)

C2090--South Orange, NJ--Mountain Station (on right), eastbound side, Montrose Ave, green houses in background (1914.06.09)

C2091--South Orange, NJ--Montrose Avenue, westward view from Vose Avenue, greenhouses on left
(1914.06.09)

C2092--South Orange, NJ--Vose Avenue, Lowenthal Residence (1914.06.09) 

C2093--South Orange, NJ--Vose Avenue, Michael Lyon Conservatory (1914.06.09) 

C2094--South Orange, NJ--Randolph Place, northward view from Vose Avenue 

(1914.06.09) 

C2095--South Orange, NJ--Randolph Place, eastward view (1914.06.09)

C2096--South Orange, NJ--Mt. House Road, southward view from Meeker Street 

(1914.06.09) 

C2097--South Orange, NJ--West Turrel Avenue, southward view from Meeker 

Street (1914.06.09) 

C2098--South Orange, NJ--South Orange Field Club, looking SE toward railroad (1914.06.09) 

Below: postcard photo looking SE toward railroad

C2099--South Orange, NJ--Grade crossing, Turrel Avenue, westward view 

(1914.06.09) 

C2100--South Orange, NJ--Grade crossing, Turrel Avenue, eastward view 

(1914.06.09)

C2101--South Orange, NJ--Grade crossing, Mead Street, eastward view 

(1914.06.09) 

                C2102--South Orange, NJ--ROW, westward view from playground (1914.06.09)

                   C2103--South Orange, NJ--ROW, eastward view from playground (1914.06.09

                        C2104--South Orange, NJ looking N across South Orange Ave on east side of tracks 13.9 (1914.06.09)

                   C2105--South Orange, NJ--looking S (westbound) across South Orange Ave at South Orange Station, South (1914.06.09)

                             C2106--South Orange, NJ- looking SW across South Orange Ave -Passenger station (1914.06.09)

                       

             Above and below: C2106--South Orange, NJ--Passenger station (1914.06.09)

Above and below: C2107 looking N toward South Orange Ave--South Orange, NJ--Passenger station (1914.06.09)

                                                           

Above and below: postcard photos

             C2108--South Orange, NJ--Railroad Alley between First and Second Streets (1914.06.09)

                 C2109--South Orange, NJ--Railroad Alley, Tennement House (1914.06.09)

C2110--South Orange, NJ--Railroad Alley, Rose Keirnan property, eastward 

view (1914.06.09) 

C2111--South Orange, NJ--Second Street, northward view (1914.06.09) 

C2112--South Orange, NJ--H. B. Halsey Lumber & Coal Company (1914.06.09)

C2113--South Orange, NJ--H. B. Halsey Lumber & Coal Company, westward view
from Third Street (1914.06.09)

                        C2114--South Orange, NJ--Third Street, eastward view (1914.06.09)

                           C2115--South Orange, NJ--Freight House (1914.06.09)

              C2116--South Orange, NJ--South Orange Avenue, Roll & Sickley Coal Yard (1914.06.09)

                 C2117--South Orange, NJ--South Orange Avenue, looking W across RR (1914.06.09)

                                     C2118--South Orange, NJ--Freight House (1914.06.09)

                         C2119--South Orange, NJ--Third Street, Manda property (1914.06.09)

Above: C2120--South Orange, NJ--Grade crossing, Third Street, westward view (1914.06.09)

              Below: C2121--South Orange, NJ--H. B. Halsey Lumber & Coal Company (1914.06.09

             

Above: C2122--South Orange, NJ--Fourth Street, northward view from Valley Street (1914.06.09)

Below: C2123--South Orange, NJ--H. B. Halsey Lumber &: Coal Company, eastward view (1914.06.09)

                   

              C2124--South Orange, NJ--ROW, westbound view with water tank (1914.06.09)

                      C2125--South Orange, NJ--Round house and interlocking tower (1914.06.09)

C2126--South Orange, NJ--Round house, interlocking tower and water tank, 

eastward view (1914.06.09)

C2127--South Orange, NJ--Round house, interlocking tower and water tank, 

eastbound view (1914.06.09) 

Above: C2128--South Orange, NJ--ROW, 3 track main line, eastward view from Manda's
private crossing (1914.06.09)

                                                                    Below: 10/1/1914

 C2272--South Orange, NJ--ROW, westbound view with water tank, round house out of photo to the right (1914.10.01)

       C2273--South Orange, NJ--ROW,  view with water tank, round house to the far right (1914.10.01)

                      C2274--South Orange, NJ--ROW, eastward view with tower (1914.10.01)

                        C2275--South Orange, NJ--ROW, eastward view with tower (1914.10.01)


                                         Below: 1912 Map showing area covered in 1917 photos below

                                          Below: postcard photo postmarked 1907

Above C4096: 1917

Below C4097: Village Cemetery to the right 1917

Above C4098 and below C4099: Valley St Cemetery on east side of tracks near the intersection of Valley St and 5th St, 1917

Above C4100: 1917

Below C4101: 1917

Below C4102: 1917

                                                              Below: postcard photo of Montrose Lawn Tennis Club

                                                           Below: the station after elevation