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Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Historical Markers

Markers related to America's largest railroad by traffic/revenue throughout the twentieth century and at one time the world's largest publicly-traded corporation.
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
Town of Clayton Marker
1 ► Delaware, Kent County, Clayton, Duck Creek Hundred — KC-59 — Town of Clayton —
2 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Edgemoor — Welcome to Fox Point State Park — Unique in many ways —
3 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station —
4 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Riverfront — Wilmington Station —
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE — Historical Information —
6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail — Reported missing
7 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Canton — Historic Canton — The Railroad Transfer Bridge —
8 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Midtown — Baltimore's Significant Role in American Railroading History —
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9 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Shipley Hill — Early Transportation Routes —
10 ► Maryland, Caroline County, Ridgely — Ridgely Railroad Station —
11 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Perry Point — The War Effort at Home: Perry Point Ammonium Nitrate Plant — Perry Point Village —
12 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Perryville — Perryville — A Railroad Town —
13 ► Maryland, Cecil County, Perryville — Railroad History —
14 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, Bowie — Bowie Railroad Station Museum —
15 ► Missouri, St. Louis County, Kirkwood, National Museum of Transportation — Pennsylvania #4700 — 1931 —
16 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Bordentown — First movement by steam on a railroad in New Jersey —
17 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Bordentown — 6 — The "Wye" and the Lower Bordentown Station —
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18 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Cinnaminson — Look Listen and Live — Evolution of the Grade Crossing —
19 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Cinnaminson — Signal Systems of the Pennsylvania Railroad —
20 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Florence, Florence Township — Look Listen and Live — Evolution of the Grade Crossing —
21 ► New Jersey, Burlington County, Riverton — Look Listen and Live — Evolution of the Grade Crossing —
22 ► New Jersey, Camden County, Camden, Cooper Grant — 1 — PRR Federal Street Ferry Terminal —
23 ► New Jersey, Camden County, Magnolia — Magnolia Station — The Waning Years and a New Beginning — 1940 - 2001 — Reported unreadable
24 ► New Jersey, Camden County, Pennsauken Township — Advancements in Electrified Railroads —
25 ► New Jersey, Camden County, Pennsauken Township — Look Listen and Live — Vehicular Safety "Blankout" Signals —
26 ► New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, Central Ward — Penn Station — Historic Site —
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27 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Chestnut Park — 8 — Canals, Trains and Automobiles —
28 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Ewing and Carroll — 10 — The Trenton Connection —
29 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, North 25 — Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park / The Bel-Del — Reported damaged
30 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, South Trenton — Canals and Railroads – Arteries to the Heart of Industrial Trenton —
31 ► New Jersey, Middlesex County, Woodbridge Township, Woodbridge — Great Woodbridge Train Wreck of 1951 —
32 ► New Jersey, Ocean County, Stafford Township, Manahawkin — Manahawkin Railroad Station (1872) — Stafford Township Historic Site —
33 ► New Jersey, Ocean County, Stafford Township, Manahawkin — Manahawkin Railroad Station (1872) — Stafford Township Historic Site —
34 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lincoln Square — Riverside Park South — 66.69 acres —
35 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Lincoln Square — Riverside Park South — 66.69 acres —
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36 ► New York, New York County, Manhattan, Upper West Side — Riverside Park South — 66.69 acres —
37 ► New York, Richmond County, Staten Island, Port Richmond — Designers and Engineers — Othmar Ammann and Cass Gilbert —
38 ► Ohio, Coshocton County, Coshocton — Richard Nixon addressed a crowd of 3,000 at Coshocton —
39 ► Ohio, Coshocton County, Coshocton — Troop Train Accident —
40 ► Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, Airport — 94-25 — Original Port Columbus Airport Terminal — 1929-1958 —
41 ► Ohio, Miami County, Bradford — All Clear at BF Tower —
42 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — "Penn Railroad Depot Step" — Van Wert, Ohio —
43 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Caboose —
44 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Do Not Turn Warning Flasher —
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45 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Mile Marker Post —
46 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Original Step —
47 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Penn RR Track Drill —
48 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Penn RR Track Gauges — c 1920 —
49 ► Ohio, Van Wert County, Van Wert — Signal Cabinet And Flasher —
50 ► Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Rochester — Make Way for the Railroad — Riverfrontiers — Stories of Beaver County & its Rivers —
51 ► Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Bedford, Bedford Township — Pennsylvania Turnpike —
52 ► Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Bedford, Bedford Township — Pennsylvania Turnpike —
53 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglassville, Amity Township — Feuding Railroads — Schuylkill River Trail —
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54 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Altoona —
55 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — City of Altoona — [7th Street Bridge] —
56 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — First Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA —
57 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Locomotive 790 Bell —
58 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Pennsylvania Railroad Shops —
59 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class D78F Dining Car No. 4468 —
60 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class N5 Cabin Car (or Caboose) No. 477577 —
61 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Class X29L Steel Boxcar No. 2136 —
62 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — PRR Express Refrigerator Car No. 2561 —
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63 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — Scale Test Weight Car —
64 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Altoona Works —
65 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Juniata Shops —
66 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Master Mechanic —
67 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona — The Posy Gang —
68 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Horseshoe Curve — National Historic Engineering Landmark —
69 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Horseshoe Curve —
70 ► Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Logan Township — Over the Hill — How railroads surmounted the spine of the Alleghenies — between Altoona and Johnstown —
71 ► Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Bristol — Lock 2 — In the Middle —
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72 ► Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Shippensburg — Railroad Signaling — Cumberland Valley Railroad Museum — Cumberland Valley Rails-to-Trails —
73 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge —
74 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — 1 — Ground Breakers / Footsteps on the Bethel Trail —
75 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — Harris Switch Tower —
76 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — Old Pennsylvania Railroad Station —
77 ► Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Downtown Harrisburg — St. Michael’s Lutheran Church —
78 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Springfield, Springfield Township — J. Edgar Thompson — (1808~1874) —
79 ► Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Fayetteville, Guilford Township — Pennsylvania Railroad Class N5C Cabin Car —
80 ► Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Fayetteville, Guilford Township — Quincy Railroad Station —
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81 ► Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Canal Milepost —
82 ► Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Pennsylvania Railroad Artifacts —
83 ► Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — The Little House —
84 ► Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Huntingdon — Transition From Canal Era To Railroads At Huntingdon, PA —
85 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Columbia and Its Railroads —
86 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Columbia: a Transportation Hub — Lancaster-York Heritage Region — Susquehanna River Water Trail —
87 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Railroads During the Civil War — Rivertowns — Civil War Trails —
88 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Elizabethtown — Elizabethtown — Carrier of Change —
89 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster — Working The Line — Constructing an engineering marvel across Southeastern Pennsylvania — Lancastrians make their — Lancaster City —
90 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Marietta — 2 — Concrete Railroad Piers —
91 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Marietta — 8 — Watts Railroad Station —
92 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, New Providence, Providence Township — Big Cut, Big Fill — The Atglen & Susquehanna in Providence Township —
93 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — Switchback Bridge — Cynwyd Heritage Trail —
94 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The "S" Bridge & The Manayunk Bridge — Cynwyd Heritage Trail —
95 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad — Lower Merion History —
96 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The Spaventa Switchback —
97 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — Transportation Corridor in Transition — Cynwyd Heritage Trail —
98 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — William Clegg's Cotton Mill — Cynwyd Heritage Trail —
99 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 20 — Forces of Change 1945-2020 — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —
100 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 9 — Pre-Civil War Transportation Development — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

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