Gettysburg Electric Railway
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The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield
visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas (e.g., Wheat-field Park and the Pfeffer baseball diamond). Despite the 1896 Supreme Court ruling
under the Takings Clause against the railway, battlefield operations continued until 1916. The trolley generating plant was leased http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tXElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3440,1080872&dq=gettysburg-railway-company&hl=en by the Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company of Gettysburg to supply streetlights and homes until electricity was imported from Hanover.
The 94-passenger, 14-bench "Brill double-track summer cars" used the main line
of 5.7 mi (9.2 km) on 10 minute intervals and were powered by a 150 by 100 ft (45.7 by 30.5 m) electric plant with 150 hp Corliss steam engine
(s) driving 500 volt Westinghouse
railway generator(s). Employees included superintendent Hal J. Gintling, managers Thomas P. Turner & Harry Cunningham; crewmen Charles W Culp Jr, Mr. Grinder, William Shields, George Hughes, Norman Murray, Reuben Rupp, Walter Plank, Harry Robinson; conductors John Thomas, William G. Weaver, & Edward Weikert; and motormen Warfield Collins, Mr. Emmons, Gervus W. Myers, Arthur "Ott" Shields, & S. A. Troxell.
; but which were never built.
Railbed construction began in April 1893, and the electric power company was chartered on June 15. Tracks were planned along The Angle
's stone wall, but instead the trolley used 8400 ft (2,560.3 m) of the Emmitsburg Road on which trolleys crossed the Round Top Branch
(the trolley was denied right-of-way on the steamtrain line in both 1893 and 1913.) Beginning April 1, 1894, the trolley was extended from Wible's Woods through Tipton Station
to Round Top Station
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AFVAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5492,2690495&dq=william-wible&hl=en (the line had 7 stops). A new trolley powerhouse of Hummelstown brownstone
replaced the original which had burned down by January 22, 1895; and by October 1895 total trackage was 8.5 miles.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h89TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,2529445&dq=judge-dallas+gettysburg&hl=en The 1896 Supreme Court
ruled in US v. Gett. Elec. Ry. Co.
that the use of eminent domain
for historic preservation
"seems" to be "a public use".
Accidents & incidents: In 1900, the trolley overhead power line
broke at Wible's Woods,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UhUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1001,4361799&dq=tipton+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en and a car derailed in 1901 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-kxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2824,1681717&dq=tipton+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en (trolley machinery was improved in 1902 before Camp Lawton
.) Events in 1903 included an attempted derailment by sabotage,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o7M9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6877,799327&dq=derail+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en a moterman struck his head against "an electric pole that was close to the track", and the "Slocum
" trolley car jumped the tracks on April 27. A 1904 trolley struck Joseph Keagy,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9P0lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qvIFAAAAIBAJ&dq=john-group%20round-top&pg=752%2C8431896 and during both 1904 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rM9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129,3212795&dq=pfeffer+emmitsburg&hl=en and the 1908 Camp Hays, lightning storms disabled trolley operations (a Major was struck getting on a car). In 1909 the "Reynolds
" car collided with an automobile, and on August 12, 1910, a car struck a mounted Camp Gobin lieutenant. Three days later the "Slocum" and 1909 closed "Sedgwick
"http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MrAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2017,903528&dq=camp-dobbling&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MrAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3448,904544&dq=sedgwick+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en cars collided (1 fatality) near Devil's Den
where there was a siding.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j7clAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6346,5601458&dq=trolley+summer-car+gettysburg&hl=en A heated winter car with a closed vestibule was acquired in December 1910.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BL1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tlgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1524,3842099&dq=trolley+winter-car+gettysburg&hl=en During the July 1913 Gettysburg reunion, 2 trolley cars collided near Devil's Den
, and in September a trolley in the borough was rear-ended when a "drunken passenger" pulled the brake cable.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_DdUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YjoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7009,2404426&dq=trolley+emmons+gettysburg&hl=en
The last trolley car ran in November 1916 when the railway had become obsolete both with disrepair http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DThUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YjoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904,3708640&dq=trolley+turner+gettysburg&hl=en and with increased tourists' use of automobiles on Army-improved battlefield avenues. After 1917 Army appropriations, the tracks were removed by summer crews under foreman Hugh McIlhenny; and plans for trolley extensions from Gettysburg were never completed to several cities:http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qeIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3583,1687515&dq=judge-dallas+gettysburg&hl=en
The trolley barn ("track car house") at the SE corner of Washington St and the steamtrain tracks was taken over by the Surefoot Heel and Rubber Co. in 1920. A pedestrian bridge was later constructed across Rose Run on the trolley rail trail
between Brooke and De Trobriand avenues. Remnants of the trolley system were registered as historic district contributing structures of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District on January 23, 2004; and sections of the railbed remain discernable in modern overhead images.
Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East...
visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas (e.g., Wheat-field Park and the Pfeffer baseball diamond). Despite the 1896 Supreme Court ruling
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. was a case to prevent trolley operations on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The dispute began in August 1891 when the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association's board approved attorney motion to deny trolley right-of-way along GBMA roads...
under the Takings Clause against the railway, battlefield operations continued until 1916. The trolley generating plant was leased http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tXElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3440,1080872&dq=gettysburg-railway-company&hl=en by the Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company of Gettysburg to supply streetlights and homes until electricity was imported from Hanover.
The 94-passenger, 14-bench "Brill double-track summer cars" used the main line
Main line (railway)
The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....
of 5.7 mi (9.2 km) on 10 minute intervals and were powered by a 150 by 100 ft (45.7 by 30.5 m) electric plant with 150 hp Corliss steam engine
Corliss Steam Engine
A Corliss steam engine is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and named after the American engineer George Henry Corliss in Providence, Rhode Island....
(s) driving 500 volt Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric (1886)
Westinghouse Electric was an American manufacturing company. It was founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. The company purchased CBS in 1995 and became CBS Corporation in 1997...
railway generator(s). Employees included superintendent Hal J. Gintling, managers Thomas P. Turner & Harry Cunningham; crewmen Charles W Culp Jr, Mr. Grinder, William Shields, George Hughes, Norman Murray, Reuben Rupp, Walter Plank, Harry Robinson; conductors John Thomas, William G. Weaver, & Edward Weikert; and motormen Warfield Collins, Mr. Emmons, Gervus W. Myers, Arthur "Ott" Shields, & S. A. Troxell.
History
The Gettysburg Electric Railway Company was chartered August 4, 1891, and incorporated July 28, 1892. In January 1893 the borough of Gettysburg granted trolley right-of-way for all principal streets, and the $150,000 bond was for street operations planned for July 1, 1893.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fXg9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=uDUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7289,2592007&dq=luther-diller&hl=en The railway eventually secured rights-of-way for a route west and north of the borough to the area of the Battle of Gettysburg, First DayBattle of Gettysburg, First Day
The First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War took place on July 1, 1863, and began as an engagement between isolated units of the Army of Northern Virginia under Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. Gen. George G. Meade...
; but which were never built.
Railbed construction began in April 1893, and the electric power company was chartered on June 15. Tracks were planned along The Angle
The Angle
The Angle is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments...
's stone wall, but instead the trolley used 8400 ft (2,560.3 m) of the Emmitsburg Road on which trolleys crossed the Round Top Branch
Round Top Branch
The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania...
(the trolley was denied right-of-way on the steamtrain line in both 1893 and 1913.) Beginning April 1, 1894, the trolley was extended from Wible's Woods through Tipton Station
Tipton Station
Tipton Station was a Gettysburg Battlefield trolley stop of the Gettysburg Electric Railway for passenger access to Crawford's Glen to the north, Devil's Den , and Tipton Park...
to Round Top Station
Round Top, Pennsylvania
Round Top, Pennsylvania, is a populated place near Little Round Top that is notable for 2 Battle of Gettysburg field hospitals, the 1884 Round Top Station, and several battlefield commemorative era attractions for tourists...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AFVAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g_8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5492,2690495&dq=william-wible&hl=en (the line had 7 stops). A new trolley powerhouse of Hummelstown brownstone
Hummelstown brownstone
Hummelstown brownstone is a medium-grain, dense sandstone quarried near Hummelstown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a dark brownstone with reddish to purplish hues, and was once widely used as a building stone in the United States....
replaced the original which had burned down by January 22, 1895; and by October 1895 total trackage was 8.5 miles.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h89TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,2529445&dq=judge-dallas+gettysburg&hl=en The 1896 Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
ruled in US v. Gett. Elec. Ry. Co.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. was a case to prevent trolley operations on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The dispute began in August 1891 when the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association's board approved attorney motion to deny trolley right-of-way along GBMA roads...
that the use of eminent domain
Eminent domain
Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition , or expropriation is an action of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent...
for historic preservation
Historic preservation
Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
"seems" to be "a public use".
Accidents & incidents: In 1900, the trolley overhead power line
Overhead power line
An overhead power line is an electric power transmission line suspended by towers or utility poles. Since most of the insulation is provided by air, overhead power lines are generally the lowest-cost method of transmission for large quantities of electric energy...
broke at Wible's Woods,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UhUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1001,4361799&dq=tipton+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en and a car derailed in 1901 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-kxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2824,1681717&dq=tipton+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en (trolley machinery was improved in 1902 before Camp Lawton
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War
Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War were used by the Pennsylvania National Guard, Civil War veterans, the United States Marine Corps, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the United States Army, and the Youth Conservation Corps....
.) Events in 1903 included an attempted derailment by sabotage,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o7M9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6877,799327&dq=derail+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en a moterman struck his head against "an electric pole that was close to the track", and the "Slocum
Henry Warner Slocum
Henry Warner Slocum , was a Union general during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. During the war, he was one of the youngest major generals in the Army and fought numerous major battles in the Eastern Theater and in Georgia and the...
" trolley car jumped the tracks on April 27. A 1904 trolley struck Joseph Keagy,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9P0lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qvIFAAAAIBAJ&dq=john-group%20round-top&pg=752%2C8431896 and during both 1904 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rM9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7129,3212795&dq=pfeffer+emmitsburg&hl=en and the 1908 Camp Hays, lightning storms disabled trolley operations (a Major was struck getting on a car). In 1909 the "Reynolds
John F. Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the start of the battle.-Early...
" car collided with an automobile, and on August 12, 1910, a car struck a mounted Camp Gobin lieutenant. Three days later the "Slocum" and 1909 closed "Sedgwick
John Sedgwick
John Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of...
"http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MrAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2017,903528&dq=camp-dobbling&hl=enhttp://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MrAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3448,904544&dq=sedgwick+trolley+gettysburg&hl=en cars collided (1 fatality) near Devil's Den
Devil's Den
Devils Den is a boulder-strewn Gettysburg Battlefield hill used by artillery and infantry during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day...
where there was a siding.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j7clAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6346,5601458&dq=trolley+summer-car+gettysburg&hl=en A heated winter car with a closed vestibule was acquired in December 1910.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BL1cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tlgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1524,3842099&dq=trolley+winter-car+gettysburg&hl=en During the July 1913 Gettysburg reunion, 2 trolley cars collided near Devil's Den
Devil's Den
Devils Den is a boulder-strewn Gettysburg Battlefield hill used by artillery and infantry during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day...
, and in September a trolley in the borough was rear-ended when a "drunken passenger" pulled the brake cable.http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_DdUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YjoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7009,2404426&dq=trolley+emmons+gettysburg&hl=en
The last trolley car ran in November 1916 when the railway had become obsolete both with disrepair http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DThUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YjoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904,3708640&dq=trolley+turner+gettysburg&hl=en and with increased tourists' use of automobiles on Army-improved battlefield avenues. After 1917 Army appropriations, the tracks were removed by summer crews under foreman Hugh McIlhenny; and plans for trolley extensions from Gettysburg were never completed to several cities:http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qeIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3583,1687515&dq=judge-dallas+gettysburg&hl=en
- west to the ChambersburgChambersburg, PennsylvaniaChambersburg is a borough in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is miles north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin County...
& CaledoniaCaledonia State ParkCaledonia State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Greene Township, Franklin County and Franklin Township, Adams County in Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is named for an iron furnace, Caledonia Furnace, that was owned by Thaddeus Stevens beginning in 1837. Today the park is known...
trolley line http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gfslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4632,1909761&dq=trolley+bill-in-equity+gettysburg&hl=en (cf.Cf.cf., an abbreviation for the Latin word confer , literally meaning "bring together", is used to refer to other material or ideas which may provide similar or different information or arguments. It is mainly used in scholarly contexts, such as in academic or legal texts...
Gettysburg and Chambersburg Railway), - north to CarlisleCarlisle, PennsylvaniaCarlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...
via the Mt. HollyMount Holly Springs, PennsylvaniaMount Holly Springs is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,925 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
and Gettysburg Street Railway Co http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cbAlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6832,3249562&dq=holly-trolley+gettysburg&hl=en (Mt. Holly Trolley Co.), - northeast to HarrisburgHarrisburg, PennsylvaniaHarrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...
via the DillsburgDillsburg, PennsylvaniaDillsburg is a borough adjacent to Carroll Township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,563 as of the 2010 census.-Geography:Dillsburg is surrounded by Carroll Township in northwestern York County, Pennsylvania...
, York SpringsYork Springs, PennsylvaniaYork Springs is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 574 at the 2000 census. York Springs is served by the Bermudian Springs School District .-History:...
and Gettysburg Street Railway,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pv0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5797,910668&dq=horner+round-top+gettysburg&hl=en and south through WhitehallWhitehall, PennsylvaniaWhitehall is the name of some places in the State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America:* Whitehall, Adams County, Pennsylvania in Adams County, Pennsylvania* Whitehall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g6c9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zDUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5466,4881856&dq=dillsburg+york+gettysburg+street-railway&hl=en to connect both - east to Philadelphia via the LittlestownLittlestown, PennsylvaniaLittlestown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,434 at the 2010 census.Originally laid out by Peter Klein in 1760, the town was first named "Petersburg". German settlers in the area came to call the town "Kleine Stedtle"...
line through HanoverHanover, PennsylvaniaHanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, southwest of York and north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland.The town is situated in a productive agricultural region. The population was 15,289 at the 2010 census. The borough is served by a 717 area code and the Zip Codes of 17331-34...
(cf. Hanover and McSherrystownMcSherrystown, PennsylvaniaMcSherrystown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,038 as of the 2010 census.The headquarters of the popular Teddy Bear manufacturer Boyds Bears as well as the oldest operating family-run cigar manufacturer in the U.S. , F.X...
Street Railway) and - south to Baltimore via Union Mills, MarylandUnion Mills, MarylandUnion Mills is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The community is home to the Union Mills Homestead Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The Solomon Arter House was listed in 1987 and the Philip and Uriah Arter Farm in...
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| Intersections & Curves | Coordinates |
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| Baltimore Pike @ Evergreen Cem. Evergreen Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Evergreen Cemetery is a privately-owned rural cemetery near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with 5 notable interments: John L. Burns , Steve Courson , Marianne Moore , Eddie Plank , and Oscar Shaw... |
39.819868°N 77.22834°W |
| curve east of Taneytown Road Pennsylvania Route 134 Pennsylvania Route 134 , also called Taneytown Road, is a north–south, two-lane state highway in Pennsylvania. It runs in Cumberland and Mount Joy townships from Gettysburg to the Mason-Dixon Line... |
39.816687°N 77.231151°W |
| south curve on Taneytown Rd Pennsylvania Route 134 Pennsylvania Route 134 , also called Taneytown Road, is a north–south, two-lane state highway in Pennsylvania. It runs in Cumberland and Mount Joy townships from Gettysburg to the Mason-Dixon Line... |
39.816654°N 77.232299°W |
| original GNMP gate | 800 ft (243.8 m) along PA 134 |
| "back gate", National Cemetery Gettysburg National Cemetery The Gettysburg National Cemetery is located on Cemetery Hill in the Gettysburg Battlefield near the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery to the south... http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jn9bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DVENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1714,4262025&dq=rosensteel-pavilion+gettysburg&hl=en |
39.817562°N 77.232454°W |
| curve NE of Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove Zeigler's Grove is a Gettysburg Battlefield location that was the location of a wooden observation tower until the late 1890s and a Cope Truss tower until the 1960s; as well as both the demolished Electric Map building and the now closed Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building that each served as the... |
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| curve N of the Brian Abraham Bryan Abraham Bryan, or Brian was a free black man who owned a farm on Cemetery Ridge at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg near the High Water Mark of the Confederacy. During the battle, Bryan and several other blacks left the area to avoid capture and enslavement. Federal troops positioned around... House |
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| Emmitsburg Rd "Y of the trolly" | 39.815809°N 77.237186°W |
| parallel trolley tracks | |
| Round Top Branch Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania... |
39.812805°N 77.23923°W |
| Spangler switch (tract 17) | a curve was near the Spangler lane |
| Peach Orchard Peach Orchard The Peach Orchard is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road... curve |
@ Emmitsburg & Wheatfield roads Wheatfield Road The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield , north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little Round Top... |
| curve S from Wheatfield Road Wheatfield Road The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield , north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little Round Top... |
39.800137°N 77.246112°W |
| Wm Wible's "Wheat-field Park" | 25 acre (0.1011715 km²) |
| curve near 118th PA 118th Pennsylvania Infantry The 118th Pennsylvania Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Corn Exchange Regiment because a bounty of $10 for each man, as well as the funds necessary for raising the regiment, were furnished by the Corn Exchange... monument |
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| De Trobriand Régis de Trobriand Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand was a French aristocrat, lawyer, poet, and novelist who emigrated at a young age to the United States... Avenue |
39°47.805′"N 77°14.801′"W |
| Rose Run | 39.794565°N 77.246018°W |
| Brooke John R. Brooke John Rutter Brooke was a major general in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War... Avenue |
39°47.609′"N 77°14.727′"W |
| Plum Run Plum Run (Rock Creek) Plum Run is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek... |
39.790167°N 77.243446°W |
| Tipton Station Tipton Station Tipton Station was a Gettysburg Battlefield trolley stop of the Gettysburg Electric Railway for passenger access to Crawford's Glen to the north, Devil's Den , and Tipton Park... walkway |
39.791379°N 77.241169°W |
| Warren Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... Avenue |
39.792001°N 77.240571°W |
| Sykes George Sykes George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life:... Avenue |
39.794579°N 77.234276°W |
| Wheatfield Rd crossing @ Round Top | 39.794425°N 77.232358°W |
| terminus behind Round Top Station | 39.794425°N 77.232358°W |
The trolley barn ("track car house") at the SE corner of Washington St and the steamtrain tracks was taken over by the Surefoot Heel and Rubber Co. in 1920. A pedestrian bridge was later constructed across Rose Run on the trolley rail trail
Rail trail
A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway easement into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding. The characteristics of former tracks—flat, long, frequently running through historical areas—are appealing for various development. The term sometimes also...
between Brooke and De Trobriand avenues. Remnants of the trolley system were registered as historic district contributing structures of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District on January 23, 2004; and sections of the railbed remain discernable in modern overhead images.