Gettysburg Electric Railway

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Gettysburg Electric Railway
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The trolley line east of Plum Run extended to Round Top, Pennsylvania, through the Slaughter Pen, across Warren Av, through the Valley of Death, and across the north foot of Little Round Top to end behind the Round Top Station's warehouse. [1]
Overview
Locale Adams County, Pennsylvania
Powerhouse: Gettysburg
Terminus: Round Top
Operators
  • 1891: Gettysburg Electric Ry Co [2]
  • 1895: receivership [3] [ specify ]
  • 1897: Gettysburg Transit Co [4] [5]
  • 1909: Central Trust and Savings Co. &       Railway Building and Operating Co. [6]
  • 1910: Gettysburg Railway Co [7]
Dates of operation1894 (circa July)
   – 1916 November 16
External images
Searchtool.svgc. 1908 summer ("Howard") & winter cars
Searchtool.svg cars near the cemetery entrance & The Loop[ specify ]
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The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access [8] [9] to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas (e.g., Wheat-field Park [10] and the Pfeffer baseball diamond [11] ). Despite the 1896 Supreme Court ruling under the Takings Clause against the railway, battlefield operations continued until 1916. The trolley generating plant was leased [12] by the Electric Light, Heat, and Power Company of Gettysburg [13] to supply streetlights and homes until electricity was imported from Hanover.

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The 94-passenger, [14] 14-bench "Brill double-truck summer cars" used the main line of 5.7 mi (9.2 km) [15] on 10-minute intervals and were powered by a 150 ft × 100 ft (46 m × 30 m) electric plant [16] with 150 hp (110 kW) Corliss steam engine(s) [17] driving 500 volt Westinghouse railway generator(s). [6] Employees included superintendent Hal J. Gintling, [18] [19] managers Thomas P. Turner [8] & Harry Cunningham; crewmen Charles W Culp Jr, Mr. Grinder, William Shields, George Hughes, Norman Murray, Reuben Rupp, [9] Walter Plank, [20] Harry Robinson; [21] conductors John Thomas, [22] William G. Weaver, [14] & Edward Weikert; and motormen Warfield Collins, [23] Mr. Emmons, [24] Gervus W. Myers, [22] Arthur "Ott" Shields, [20] [25] & S. A. Troxell. [26]

History

Network map upon opening, as published in Oct.1893. The street railway review (1891) (14573162087).jpg
Network map upon opening, as published in Oct.1893.

The Gettysburg Electric Railway Company was chartered August 4, 1891, [2] and incorporated July 28, 1892. [27] In January 1893 [13] the borough of Gettysburg granted trolley right-of-way for all principal streets, [28] and the $150,000 bond was for street operations planned for July 1, 1893. [29] [ failed verification ] 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 Day; but which were never built. [10] [15]

Railbed construction began in April 1893, [30] and the electric power company was chartered on June 15. [13] Tracks were planned along The Angle's stone wall, [31] but instead the trolley used 8,400 ft (2,600 m) [31] of the Emmitsburg Road [1] on which trolleys crossed the Round Top Branch (the trolley was denied right-of-way on the steam train line in both 1893 [13] and 1913.) [32] Beginning April 1, 1894, the trolley was extended from Wible's Woods [33] through Tipton Station to Round Top Station [34] (the line had 7 stops). [35] [ where? ] A new trolley powerhouse of Hummelstown brownstone replaced [36] the original which had burned down by January 22, 1895; [10] and by October 1895 total trackage was 8.5 mi (13.7 km). [37] 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". [38]

Accidents and incidents

In 1900, the trolley overhead power line broke at Wible's Woods, [39] and a car derailed in 1901 [40] (trolley machinery was improved in 1902 before Camp Lawton). [19] Events in 1903 included an attempted derailment by sabotage, [41] a moterman struck his head against "an electric pole that was close to the track", [26] and the "Slocum" trolley car jumped the tracks on April 27. [21] A 1904 trolley struck Joseph Keagy, [42] and during both 1904 [43] and the 1908 Camp Hays, lightning storms disabled trolley operations (a Major was struck getting on a car). [44] In 1909 the "Reynolds" car collided with an automobile, [24] and on August 12, 1910, a car struck a mounted Camp Gobin lieutenant. Three days later the "Slocum" and 1909 closed "Sedgwick" [45] cars collided (1 fatality) near Devil's Den [20] where there was a siding. [46] A heated winter car with a closed vestibule was acquired in December 1910. [47] During the July 1913 Gettysburg reunion, 2 trolley cars collided near Devil's Den, [48] and in September a trolley in the borough was rear-ended when a "drunken passenger" pulled the brake cable. [49]

The last trolley car ran in November 1916 when the railway had become obsolete both with disrepair [50] and with increased tourists' use of automobiles [9] on Army-improved battlefield avenues. [30] After 1917 Army appropriations, the tracks were removed by summer crews under foreman Hugh McIlhenny; [14] and plans for trolley extensions from Gettysburg were never completed to several cities: [51]

Baltimore Pike-to-Round Top route
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Intersections & Curves [59] Coordinates
Baltimore Pike @ Evergreen Cem. 39°49′12″N77°13′42″W / 39.819868°N 77.22834°W / 39.819868; -77.22834
curve east of Taneytown Road 39°49′00″N77°13′52″W / 39.816687°N 77.231151°W / 39.816687; -77.231151
south curve on Taneytown Rd 39°49′00″N77°13′56″W / 39.816654°N 77.232299°W / 39.816654; -77.232299
original GNMP gate800 ft (240 m) along PA 134 [31]
"back gate", National Cemetery [60] 39°49′03″N77°13′57″W / 39.817562°N 77.232454°W / 39.817562; -77.232454
curve NE of Zeigler's Grove
curve N of the Brian House
Emmitsburg Rd "Y of the trolly" [61] 39°48′57″N77°14′14″W / 39.815809°N 77.237186°W / 39.815809; -77.237186
parallel trolley tracks
Round Top Branch 39°48′46″N77°14′21″W / 39.812805°N 77.23923°W / 39.812805; -77.23923
Spangler switch (tract 17) [15] a curve was near the Spangler lane [59]
Peach Orchard curve @ Emmitsburg & Wheatfield roads
curve S from Wheatfield Road 39°48′00″N77°14′46″W / 39.800137°N 77.246112°W / 39.800137; -77.246112
Wm Wible's "Wheat-field Park" [10] 25 acres (0.10 km2)
curve near 118th PA monument
De Trobriand Avenue 39°47.805′N77°14.801′W / 39.796750°N 77.246683°W / 39.796750; -77.246683
Rose Run 39°47′40″N77°14′46″W / 39.794565°N 77.246018°W / 39.794565; -77.246018
Brooke Avenue 39°47.609′N77°14.727′W / 39.793483°N 77.245450°W / 39.793483; -77.245450
Plum Run 39°47′25″N77°14′36″W / 39.790167°N 77.243446°W / 39.790167; -77.243446
Tipton Station walkway [62] 39°47′29″N77°14′28″W / 39.791379°N 77.241169°W / 39.791379; -77.241169
Warren Avenue 39°47′31″N77°14′26″W / 39.792001°N 77.240571°W / 39.792001; -77.240571
Sykes Avenue 39°47′40″N77°14′03″W / 39.794579°N 77.234276°W / 39.794579; -77.234276
Wheatfield Rd crossing @ Round Top 39°47′40″N77°13′56″W / 39.794425°N 77.232358°W / 39.794425; -77.232358
terminus behind Round Top Station 39°47′40″N77°13′56″W / 39.794425°N 77.232358°W / 39.794425; -77.232358

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. [63] A pedestrian bridge was later constructed[ when? ] 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; [62] and sections of the railbed remain discernable in modern overhead images.

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  62. 1 2 "List of Classified Structures". NPS.gov. by "structure number":
    RR02: "Electric Trolley Bed". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011. [rail] trail along Plum Run at Devils Den, runs N through Rose Farm & stops near The Loop. … Pair of cut stone block abutments over Rose Run, 5' high, 25' long & approx 10' apart.
    MN807: "Tipton Boundary Marker". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011. approximately, 7"x7"x1'. Inscribed "T" on top of marker. … rough granite with a "T" inscribed on the top. … at a corner of Tipton land purchased in March 1892 as part of the Tipton Park and photographic studio.
    NPS02: "Old Slaughter Pen Path and Steps". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011. used by [trolley] passengers … Path and steps are now used as a Park trail. … Path runs N/S from Plum Run to Sickles Avenue.
  63. ↑ "Old "Trolley Barn" Will Be Removed Soon" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Times. April 30, 1965. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
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