What is this place?

[Cjon455/JR]

We found this foundation thing in the woods,any idea what it is??

 

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[diggummup]

diggumup, the bisected circular area is i think an old round track, turn the train

All I see is a dirt road leading into it, no tracks. This thing is huge. Increase the size to 200% and you can see what I mean. It's got to be 250 ft in diameter. Also, there is a house and/or couple structures of some type just to the left of the entrance from the RR yard.


Much larger than this old roundabout-

 

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[cw0909]

cjon i think a better img of the structure, i still dont know what it was for

PA Duryea 1956 Campbells Ledge
http://www.duryeapa.com/1955to1959/PA%20Duryea%201956%20Campbells%20Ledge.jpg
from pg
Duryea Pennsylvania Historical Homepage 1955 to 1959
original of the above 1956 Campbells Ledge
PA Duryea 1956 Meecha Woming High School Yearbook Pg 74 Annual Staff
http://www.duryeapa.com/1956yearboo...g High School Yearbook Pg 74 Annual Staff.jpg
from pg
Duryea Pennsylvania Historical Homepage 1956 Duryea High School Yearbook

the sanborn maps
PA Duryea 1926 Map Legend w 1938 & 1947 Updates
http://www.duryeapa.com/1920to1929/PA Duryea 1926 Map Index w 1938 & 1947 Updates 1.jpg
this pg has the street maps
Duryea Pennsylvania Historical Homepage 1920 to 1929
home index
Duryea Pennsylvania Historical Homepage

 

[jackie 1944]

It is located about just off Coxton Dr. in the Coxton region of Duryea, Pa 18707 . It is at the base of Campbells Ledgfe. I doubt that it has a relation to the RR since it is on the other side of , and about 500 yrds from the RR property. I was once told that it had something to do with a quarry .

 

[Anduril]

I agree.
This is probably the old foundations for an aerial crane to transport the (coal?) that was strip mined nearby.
You can see on the topo that the road to transport the coal only goes so far, and then it's still a couple hundred feet above the Coxton Yards where the coal was undoubtedly transported by train. The Susquehanna River is not navigable by coal barge at this location because the water is too shallow, and the bridges are not tall enough.

As for the "round thing" - there are two round things nearby.
One is an old locomotive turntable centered at coordinates: 41.35261, -75.80060.
I think this is technically called a "Roundhouse". (?)

The other round "thing" just looks to be a retention pond, possibly related to the prior mining activity (?).
This pond is located at coordinates: 41.35399, -75.79810
Using the tilt feature in Google Earth, you can pretty clear see it's designed for retention (see Yellow arrow).
It looks like it has a pipe running through the middle, so this could also have been a storage tank retention pond.
Abandoned train tressel at red arrow (likely went to locomotive turntable).

Either that, or a meteor hit it. Does sort of looks like a perfect crater

 

[Mackaydon]

Roundhouses were buildings that housed locomotives. The turntable (also called wheelhouse) was the rotating rail device that allowed engines to be directed into specific bays within the roundhouse. Some turntables did not have adjacent roundhouses; they were used only to change the direction of the engine--so that it would always be going forward.
Don......

 

[tamrock]

Looks like a coal breaker plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_boy Maybe an old cement plant?

 

[Anduril]

Looks like a coal breaker plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_boy Maybe an old cement plant?

Wow!
Definitely makes you really appreciate how "easy" we got it these days!!
Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Anduril]

Following up on my prior post:

I'm now not really sure what these structures are?!
I researched some old aerial photos at:

NETR Online ? Historic Aerials

See particularly the 1969 Aerial view (not Topo).
It provides the clearest image of the structure, but I don't see any other structure(s) that would tend to support my prior theory that this was the base for some sort of aerial crane to transport coal. (?)

Also, in looking at several of the "retention pond" or "tank" historical aerials, I might be back to square-one on that also. (?)

 

[diggummup]

Not that it matters but the OP of this thread hasn't been on this site for well over 2 years. Still an interesting little area though.

 

[Anduril]

Not that it matters but the OP of this thread hasn't been on this site for well over 2 years. Still an interesting little area though.

I just realized that about a half-hour ago.
New Member "Jackie" updated the post with some new info, which is how it got on my radar screen.

Indeed. I would love to spend a couple days up there metal detecting.
That is, before the snow arrives. (Me and snow don't get along too well.)

 

[diggummup]

I just realized that about a half-hour ago.
New Member "Jackie" updated the post with some new info, which is how it got on my radar screen.

Indeed. I would love to spend a couple days up there metal detecting.
That is, before the snow arrives. (Me and snow don't get along too well.)

Yeah, detecting the beach gets old, especially when your more into relic hunting, like myself.

 

[sutphin]

LOOKS LIKE AN OLD MILL FACADE AND FOUNDATION COOL LOOKING .....