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Viewing Album:  1913 to 2013
 
By:Fred Stuckmann
Dates:12/26/2016 - 12/27/2016
Album Info:The Erie RR inbound freight house stood on the corner of S. Broadway and E. Exchange St. Come along on this retrospective journey.
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The freight house and the cantilever signal bridge both belonged to EL in this 2010 shot.
Title:  The freight house and the cantilever signal bridge both belonged to EL in this 2010 shot.
Description:  You can see the cantilever upright in the John Long shot below. It was standing until early 2010.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/27/2016 9:41:58 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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This is a John Long shot, used with permission.
Title:  This is a John Long shot, used with permission.
Description:  The second freight house is evident here while an Erie eastbound works McCoy St. Yard at Exchange St.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:35:51 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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One night in 2010.
Title:  One night in 2010.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:22:18 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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The diamond E was in 4 places, they have been preserved.
Title:  The diamond E was in 4 places, they have been preserved.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:24:08 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
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The wall was added much later, but a year before I was born.
Title:  The wall was added much later, but a year before I was born.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:25:49 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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The long view on a different day.
Title:  The long view on a different day.
Description:  The building was being used by the Akron Beacon Journal for newsprint storage. At one time we spotted boxcars here.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:27:32 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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From the west end.
Title:  From the west end.
Description:  There was a second freight house to the right of this one. It was the outbound building. We lost that before I picked up a camera for real.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:30:24 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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The train master's office was in the bay window.
Title:  The train master's office was in the bay window.
Description:  It was in there that I was qualified to be a conductor.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:33:30 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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On the 100th anniversary of the building, workers prepare to demolish it.
Title:  On the 100th anniversary of the building, workers prepare to demolish it.
Description:  You might be thinking that it should have been saved. It would have taken 8 million to bring it up to code and still more to effect necessary repairs.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:39:14 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
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The carnage has begun.
Title:  The carnage has begun.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:42:17 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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A few days later.
Title:  A few days later.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:45:04 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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Let's finish this.
Title:  Let's finish this.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:47:17 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
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It's over.
Title:  It's over.
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Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:48:46 PM
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In time a parking deck and a student housing complex was built.
Title:  In time a parking deck and a student housing complex was built.
Description:  Seen here in an early 2014 shot.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:50:34 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AB 1502(SW1500)
Views:  72   Comments: 3
Work continues.
Title:  Work continues.
Description:  But by August 2014, the building was ready for occupancy.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:53:28 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 6351(SD40-2)
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Early one morning in August 2014.
Title:  Early one morning in August 2014.
Description:  Students would be in before month's end.
Photo Date:  12/26/2016  Upload Date: 12/26/2016 12:56:22 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  WE 4016(SD40-3)
Views:  75   Comments: 4

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