Living near Mt Misery, I've gotten around a bit in that area. There are some ruins I have been aware of for years along the pole bridge branch near the old railroad between New Lisbon and Upton Station but never really knew what they had been. Having recently discovered the "substantial ruins" near Mary Ann I began to wonder if there was a connedtion since these ruins are very close by. About a month ago my wife and I took a trip there and took some photos.
The ruins:
The area in general:
Hard to see but there is evidence of a "loading" area on the old railroad bed:
I was under the impression that this might have been a railroad station but this seemed odd as Browns Mills station was situated about a mile down the tracks. A trip to the Pemberton Railroad museum this saturday cleared everything up. At the museum, my wife and I were the only vistors so we had the full attention of the two, very knowlegable, volunteers working there. While neither was completely familar with the site exactly, we were able to deduce that this was a watering station for the steam powered train engines. It all added up. It was closely situated to polebridge branch and the design of the ruins had reminded me of pioneer smelting company which, incidently, had a water tower. The water tower that once stood here is long, long gone and I could not find any photos of it at the museum. Truly forgotten.
Jeff
The ruins:
The area in general:
Hard to see but there is evidence of a "loading" area on the old railroad bed:
I was under the impression that this might have been a railroad station but this seemed odd as Browns Mills station was situated about a mile down the tracks. A trip to the Pemberton Railroad museum this saturday cleared everything up. At the museum, my wife and I were the only vistors so we had the full attention of the two, very knowlegable, volunteers working there. While neither was completely familar with the site exactly, we were able to deduce that this was a watering station for the steam powered train engines. It all added up. It was closely situated to polebridge branch and the design of the ruins had reminded me of pioneer smelting company which, incidently, had a water tower. The water tower that once stood here is long, long gone and I could not find any photos of it at the museum. Truly forgotten.
Jeff
