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Leetsdale Station

1924/1957

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Leetsdale Station
  • Title
  • Leetsdale Station
  • Identifier
  • MSP80.B007.F01.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP80.B007.F01.I01
  • Description
  • The Leetsdale Railroad Station was located in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, on the north shore of the Ohio River. It was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad, running from East to West. The first train to travel through Leetsdale was headed for the town of Economy, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1851. The president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, General William Robinson, along with a number of stockholders, rode on board in gravel cars during this trip. As of November 1851, there were a total of four trains that stopped at what was then known as Shousetown Lane. As a result of the growing patronage of the railroad, a train yard specifically for passenger trains was constructed to take patrons to and from the City of Pittsburgh. There were approximately twenty trips a day to Pittsburgh from this station.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Company.Leetsdale Station.
    Leetsdale (Pa.)
    Train stations--Pennsylvania--Leetsdale.
  • Source
  • Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Trimble Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center