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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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Schuylkill Haven History
Welcome to a view into the past....
Welcome to a view into the past....
| 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. |
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| This website is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Lynn M. Nagle, who will be forever missed. March 27,1959 - September 17, 2006 |
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| LAST UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 10 MANY PAGES JUST UPDATED RAILROADS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ON THE TROLLEYS SECTION ADDED INCLUDING: AN 1895 ARTICLE ON THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION, A MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN A COLLISION WITH A TROLLEY IN 1919 AND A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS PLAGUE THE LINE CIVIL WAR PAGE: TEN NEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF GRAVESTONES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN CIVIL WAR VETERANS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED BUSINESSES PAGE : NEW ARTICLES ON A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY IN 1919 INCLUDING WILLOW LAKE EXPANDS AND BITTLE'S DAM OPENS A BEACH, WALKIN SHOE COMPANY AND THE HOSPITAL ARE ENLARGED, SODA PLANT OPENS AND OTHER ACTIVITY SPURS GROWTH IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN NOTABLE NEWS: NEW ARTICLES FROM 1927 ADDED INCLUDING A PROBLEM WITH SUNDAY BASEBALL, LANDMARK VOUTE BUILDING IS RAZED, AN AIRPLANE LANDS IN TOWN, SEVEN STARS CRASH INJURES 15 AND A DARK CORNER IN TOWN POSES A PROBLEM FIRES PAGE: A SERIES OF NEW ARTICLES INCLUDING FIRE CHIEF'S ORDERS ON CHIMNEYS AND A FAIR FOR THE RAINBOW TO BUY A NEW TRUCK IN 1919, A "HOT" RADIO CAUSES A FIRE IN 1933 AND SEVERAL OTHER ARTICLES YEARS GONE BY: UPDATED FOR AUGUST 1919 WITH A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING ARTICLES FROM THE CALL GIVING A NICE FLAVOR OF THE TOWN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO PHOTO ALBUM: NEW PHOTOS OF PENNSY RAILROAD CUT, CONNORS CROSSING CANAL LOCKS, OLD GROCERY STORES AND SEVERAL OTHER INTERESTING IMAGES ALL ARE FROM THE LEE BECKER COLLECTION HISTORY PAGE: NEW STORIES IN THE "MUNICIPAL" SECTION JUST ADDED INCLUDING: 1895 ARTICLES ON A NEW POST OFFICE LOCATION, AN ISSUE AT THE ALMSHOUSE AND THE NEW GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH IS DEDICATED. IN 1919, SOUTH WARD TO GET A NEW PLAYGROUND, CANAL BED IS BEING FILLED IN AND THE GAME AND FISH ASSOCIATION STOCKS PHEASANTS AND IN 1927 THE NEW ST. AMBROSE SCHOOL BEGINS CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL DAYS PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING POSSIBLE ENLARGEMENT NEEDED AT NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1919, ATHLETIC FIELD USED AS DUMP AND HARVEST HOME IN THE NORTH WARD SCHOOL GONE WRONG IN 1927 AND IN 1934 THE CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION ENLARGES THE ATHLETIC FIELD CRIME PAGE: A NEW SERIES OF ARTICLES HAS JUST BEEN ADDED FROM 1919 INCLUDING ICE CREAM THIEVES, AUTO THEFT, DEMAND FOR AN EXPERT STATE TROOPER AND OTHER NUISANCES IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN THE GREAT WAR: ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDE: LETTERS HOME FROM HAVEN SOLDIER BOYS IN FRANCE AND A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AVIATOR APPEARS IN A WAR FILM PUT OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT UNION CEMETERY PAGE: NEW ARTICLES ADDED INCLUDING A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE CEMETERY AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT BOTH UNION AND JERUSALEM CEMETERY. BURIAL RECORDS UP TO 1996 ARE NOW ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TUMBLING RUN PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SET OF MAPS OF THE TUMBLING RUN RESORT DURING ITS PEAK WITH A DETAILED LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS. ANOTHER GROUPING OF NEW IMAGES OF THE RESORT HAS ALSO JUST BEEN ADDED. WORLD WAR TWO PAGE: JUST ADDED ARE A SERIES OF PHOTOS FROM A VISIT TO NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY IN OCTOBER 2017 WITH MY SON AND A RETURN VISIT TO THAT CEMETERY, THE ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND THE HENRI-CHAPELLE CEMETERY, BOTH IN BELGIUM, WITH MY WIFE THIS YEAR. EACH IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MEN KILLED IN WORLD WAR TWO SCHUYLKILL CANAL PAGE: NEW ARTICLES JUST ADDED INCLUDING THE INTERESTING OBITUARY FOR LOCK TENDER JOHN BOUSSUM, LOW WATER FROM DROUGHT IN 1841, A RIOT BY BOATMEN IN TOWN, A MOTHER AND CHILD SAVED FROM DROWNING IN THE CANAL AND SHIPPING COAL ON THE CANAL GETS BUSIER NEARLY 2200 PHOTOS AND OVER 3800 ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE SITE !! CHECK EACH PAGE FOR BEST RESULTS See individual pages for specific update |