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

[rex desilets]

Lots more old-growth wood, too

Sadly, most of that was pretty much gone right around the time of these photos.

You have a date for the photos?
Otherwise, yeah, PA was pretty well logged off by the turn of the century. Still, them is pretty big hunks of sawn timber.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Lots more old-growth wood, too

Sadly, most of that was pretty much gone right around the time of these photos.

You have a date for the photos?
Otherwise, yeah, PA was pretty well logged off by the turn of the century. Still, them is pretty big hunks of sawn timber.

Those are all pre-1920 and maybe a good bit earlier. Yes, PA was pretty much clear cut by that time frame.

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[Mitch]

Musselman applesauce! Best there is!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Musselman applesauce! Best there is!

I went to school with a few of that clan..........

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[HONDO74]

This would be another interesting scene to model for an early model railroad...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The two principal buildings look new and fresh, including that setting they occupy. I would imagine the photo had been taken to help commemorate their completion.

[rex desilets]

For the ignorant among us, why would a transit company build a pumping station?

[rogruth]

For the ignorant among us, why would a transit company build a pumping station?

For water used in that business?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

For the ignorant among us, why would a transit company build a pumping station?

I have no idea as this scene predates me by a bit. Perhaps your interpretation and assignment of the term transit is not what it was at the time of the photo? Maybe it as synonymous with transfer station and they had the contract to pump and store some liquid materials such molasses?

[sleepmac]

National Transit Co. ... Standard Oil Company's Early Tie-In With McKean County! ... The oil pumping station at Colegrove employed over 30 men and the .... Colegrove reminded me of Pine Grove, Cumb. Co., Pa. It is situated in a glen or cove ...

http://www.smethporthistory.org/colegrove/pumpingstation.htm

The above quote from a Google search

Dan Weinhold

[rex desilets]

Internet search wins again. Thank you.