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| One hundred years ago, one of these four views may have been how you entered Schuylkill Haven. Clockwise from the upper left image is: the trolley entering town from Pottsville to the north , Center Avenue how it would have appeared entering the town in a horse and wagon, the Pennsylvania Railroad station on Haven Street and the Reading Railroad station on Main Street. |
| Note: Click on each picture here and on many throughout the site and you will have a larger view. Clicking on it again to zoom in, may increase clarity and expose greater detail in the picture. |
| Welcome to the Schuylkill Haven History Web Page. This web page was created on January 1, 2007 due to my life long interest in the history of our town. It is being presented with as much accuracy as possible from the sources where the information is obtained. The site is a work in progress with changes and additions occurring regularly. Enjoy your visit and feel free to send your comments and suggestions. If you have pictures or information you would like to share, contact me at: richardjnagle@schuylkillhavenhistory.com Richard J. Nagle - Site Creator and Administrator |
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| The website consists of twenty different pages at the present time, each offering information within a distinct topic. Each page is in a different stage of progress and will be updated with new information and images at varying paces. Navigation on the site is done simply by clicking on any blue bar. |
| This website is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Lynn M. Nagle, who will be forever missed. March 27,1959 - September 17, 2006 |
| Thank you for your continued interest. On June 18, the site logged it's 176,000th page view. |
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Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
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| LAST UPDATED: JUNE 18 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PICTURES ADDED INCLUDING READING STATION BEING BUILT IN 1901, BITTLE'S DAM IN 1906, MOTZER'S BAKERY IN 1880, SAINT JOHN STREET IN 1932 AND HOMES ON CENTRE AVENUE CRIME PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE LATE 1950s JUST ADDED INCLUDING: A 1958 BIO ON CHIEF OF POLICE LORIN HONICKER, "BUTCH" REED'S CAR STOLEN AND REPAINTED, A WILD CHASE IN TOWN AND ANOTHER THAT RESULTS IN SHOTS FIRED AND A THEFT RESULTS IN A WRECK SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW PICTURES FROM THE 1936 AND 1937 YEARBOOKS JUST ADDED INCLUDING PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1937 YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR MAY 1913 WITH STORIES INCLUDING: BAND CARNIVAL HELD IN TOWN, COUNCIL NOTES INCLUDING FIREWORKS BAN, SCHOOL NOTES AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BASEBALL TEAM DISBANDS TUMBLING RUN PAGE: PAGE JUST REVAMPED FOR EASIER VIEWING. NEW STORIES INCLUDE: NEW "SEA WAVE" RIDE AT THE RUN, WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN UPPER DAM IN 1911 AND READING COMPANY BUYS BROKHOFF FARM WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: NEW ARTICLES INCLUDE THE TOWN'S FIRST BLACKOUT AND A RUBBER DRIVE THAT COLLECTS OVER TWELVE TONS FOR THE WAR EFFORT. THREE SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MEN MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FIRES PAGE: STORIES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: THE BIG 1960 EASTER MORNING FIRE THAT DESTROYED A HALF BLOCK ON WEST MAIN STREET, A FIRE IN THE DOWNTOWN AND ANOTHER IN A VACANT HOME. SIX GREAT PICTURES FROM THE 1925 175TH ANNIVERSARY PARADE SHOW THE RAINBOW AND LIBERTY ENGINES AND MEMBERS IN THE PARADE BUSINESS PAGE: NEW FEATURE ARTICLES FROM 1947 WITH INTERESTING DETAILS JUST ADDED: H. J. DOHNER SONS SHOE STORE, PARRIS LAZOS CANDY KITCHEN, PARKWAY RESTAURANT AND LEWIS DRIESBACH CAR DEALERSHIP. ALSO ADDED ARE PERIOD ADS FROM THE CALL NEWSPAPER CIVIL WAR PAGE: MINUTES OF THE JERE HELMS G. A. R. POST FROM 1898 THROUGH 1903 JUST PUBLISHED. MINUTES INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF TRAMP SOLDIERS, MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES, THE LAMENTING OF THE DWINDLING NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR SAMUEL A. LOSCH THE MINUTES FROM THESE YEARS ARE DETAILED AND INCLUDE INTERESTING FACTS AND MENTION MANY VETERANS FROM SCHUYLKILL HAVEN NOTABLE NEWS: NEW STORIES FROM THE 1950s JUST ADDED INCLUDING: LIGHTNING STRIKES THE AVENUES, CHILD HIT ON MAIN STREET, PAPER BOY CRASHES INTO LEWIS' WINDOW, PIPE PINS MAN TO HIS CAR UNGER'S DELIVERY TRUCK GOES DRIVERLESS AND HUMMEL BUICK HAS AN UNWELCOME VISITOR HISTORY PAGE: A PLANE CRASHES ABOVE WILLOW LAKE KILLING THE PILOT IN 1945, FRANCIS MULLINS KILLED IN ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 122 AND EUGENE HOLZER KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. LIBRARY COMMITTEE PLANS NEW BUILDING AT SAINT JOHN AND UNION STREETS RAILROAD PAGE: NEW STORIES FROM THE READING RAILROAD JUST ADDED: ANOTHER UNION STREET CROSSING ACCIDENT, GATES TO BE INSTALLED AT ALL THREE TOWN CROSSINGS, FREIGHT TRACK REMOVED AT MAIN STREET AND A BATTLE TO MAINTAIN THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY IS FOUGHT AND WON UNION CEMETERY PAGE: STORY OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CEMETERY IN 1854 JUST ADDED WITH MANY INTERESTING DETAILS. NEW HEADSTONES TO BE ADDED IN SPRING. LANDMARKS PAGE: FORMER LOCATIONS OF SEVERAL OLD BUSINESSES IN TOWN AND THE REMAINS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD JUST ADDED SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: THE READING COMPANY DONATES THE ENTIRE CANAL PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1946 FOUR NEW PHOTOS OF CANAL REMAINS NEAR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN JUST ADDED NOW OVER 1000 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific updates |