Titusville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Western NY and PA Railway Freight Station, 1892

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2017

1. Western NY and PA Railway Freight Station, 1892 Marker

Inscription. In 1860, Thomas Struthers and his partners formed the Oil Creek Railroad to haul freight, coal, and oil between Corry and Petroleum Centre. The original station was destroyed in Titusville's great flood and fire of 1892, but rebuilt later that year. The Pennsylvania Railroad used the building as a freight house until 1964, when it became a feed mill. In 1983, the Oil Creek Railway Historical Society bought the rail line and the abandoned building. Renovated in 1988, the station serves as the home of the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad, which hauls freight for local industries and operates an excursion passenger line. The OC&TRR carried its 500,000th rider in 2004 and has delivered millions of tons of freight.

In 1984, volunteers met to clean the site.

Freight agent Gerald G. Wallace, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1960.

Freight loading area near International Oil Works, Titusville, PA, 1893 (Mather Photo).

Erected by City of Titusville, Oil Creek Alliance.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 41° 37.444′ N, 79° 40.626′ W. Marker is in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in Crawford County. It is on South Perry Street 0.1 miles north of St. John

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Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 409 South Perry Street, Titusville PA 16354, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Titusville Iron Company, 1860 (within shouting distance of this marker); Titusville Forge Division Honor Roll (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Universal Cyclops Steel Corporation Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); Second National Bank, 1865 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Colonel Drake Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birth of George Washington Bicentennial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Algrunix Building, 1894 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Titusville Iron Works Company (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Titusville.

Also see . . . Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad. (Submitted on August 31, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, August 24, 2017

2. Station & Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 510 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.