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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby chuck » Mon May 03, 2021 2:18 pm

WoW, talk about solid and built-to-last, that gym looks like it's ready for anything. Pennsylvania stone has staying-power..


Everything but a wrecking ball.

It's gone, built in 1902. There is a photo of the interior of the gym in the college during WW1 with the female students working out and a caption indicating they were participating in roles normally performed by men due to the war effort. As the college expanded the need for the land exceeded the value of the building. Timeline notes several new building going up as the college expanded while the older buildings were demolished.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon May 03, 2021 3:08 pm

chuck wrote:
WoW, talk about solid and built-to-last, that gym looks like it's ready for anything. Pennsylvania stone has staying-power..


Everything but a wrecking ball.

It's gone, built in 1902. There is a photo of the interior of the gym in the college during WW1 with the female students working out and a caption indicating they were participating in roles normally performed by men due to the war effort. As the college expanded the need for the land exceeded the value of the building. Timeline notes several new building going up as the college expanded while the older buildings were demolished.


Wilson was a 100% women's college until 2013 with a few exceptions. School was on precipice of closing down, too. Opening up to co-ed probably saved it.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue May 04, 2021 7:28 am

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed May 05, 2021 8:01 am

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Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Wed May 05, 2021 12:03 pm

Your old pictures, particularly of bridges and streams, appeals to my wanderlust. I just got my car back from having it thoroughly tuned-up and ship-shaped. All I need, now, is the guts (ignoring my actual gut :roll: ) to launch myself out there into Pennsylvania and Upstate, NY, once again. In fact, anticipating a Spring-Summer of adventure(s) , I am completing, tomorrow, with a final visit to my attorney, my Will and Testament, including naming my Executrix, etc. Gotta be practical.

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Postby rogruth » Wed May 05, 2021 12:33 pm

Chambersburg seems to be a nice, interesting town.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed May 05, 2021 1:18 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:Your old pictures, particularly of bridges and streams, appeals to my wanderlust. I just got my car back from having it thoroughly tuned-up and ship-shaped. All I need, now, is the guts (ignoring my actual gut :roll: ) to launch myself out there into Pennsylvania and Upstate, NY, once again.


I was just crossing Rt 11 east of Chambersburg going through Scotland last Sat. Came across the Timmons on 641 to 997. Always a great visual drive through there. Come on out for a visit!
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu May 06, 2021 5:36 am

Sounds like a good idea to me, Rufus.

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu May 06, 2021 7:50 am

Guessing that it's April 1917 in Chambersburg...heading to the train over at the WMRR station next to Millers Hotel.

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri May 07, 2021 7:34 am

Down to the train!

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat May 08, 2021 7:39 am

Off they go....

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Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sun May 09, 2021 5:43 am

The feeling(s) of those men leaving and of the folks bidding Farewell must have been beyond words to describe or explain.

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 09, 2021 7:21 am

On the Chesapeake Beach Railway...

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby sleepmac » Sun May 09, 2021 9:08 am

I'm struck by the thought that is a very fine looking locomotive!

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 09, 2021 9:32 am

sleepmac wrote:I'm struck by the thought that is a very fine looking locomotive!

Dan Weinhold


Yes! Both #1 and #2 of this RR were of good lines and form.
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