Broad Street (Binghamton) Station
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
| The Binghamton L&N station was located just north of Broad Street. Binghampton once was a small town. It was bounded on the east by the railroad track, by Broad Ave on the north, Poplar ave on the south, and Hollywood Ave on the west. Its first mayor was William Bingham.
It had its own police, newspaper, school, hotel, and water supply. It was a thriving small town based on its lumber industry.
The street car line was originally built to serve the mineral springs in Raleigh Springs, Tennessee and was knwn as the Raleigh Springs Electric Line. It later became part of the Memphis Street Railway system. |
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Edward Frank Jr. collection passed on to Bill Schull and submitted by Bill Strong |
This trolley line bisected Overton Park, going right in front of the zoos main entrance, then proceeding east on Broad St. At this point the trolley line has pulled slightly north of Broad to cross the north-south L&N line from Leewood to Aulon. Note the building to the right. This is the L&Ns Binghamton Station. To the right of the street car, one can see the Union Ry (MoPac) tracks. Beyond those tracks is the location of the former wooden box car plant. |
The car works began as the Litchfield Car Works in 1893. It became the Memphis Car and Foundry in 1895. It became the Elliot Car Company in 1898. It changed to Southern Car and Foundry in 1901. It finally became the American Car & Foundry in 1904. It folded in 1929. For a short time in 1911 Huey P Long worked as a laborer. He later became the Governor of the State of Louisiana before being assassinated in 1935. By 1927 this box car factory was owned by American Car & Foundry. It extended from Hollywood on the west to the IC/L&N tracks on the east and from Broad on the south to Summer on the north. It folded in 1929 due to the depression and the switch to metal box cars.. |
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| Sanford Maps |
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Contributed by Bill Pollard |
Portions of the 10/1/28 L&N public timetable. Click here for the full page. |
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Contributed by Bill Strong |
IC freight on the freight line passing Binghamton Station along L&N tracks. |
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