1950

[Chris333]

In this thread:
https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=27570.0

Dave posted a link to the USGS site. I was able to download aerial photos from 1950 for all the surrounding areas where I live. I chose to try and model 1948 so this was perfect for me as I could see just what the Erie looked like back then. I was born in 1974 at a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio so I don't recall much from 1950    I knew that Youngstown was wall to wall steel mills, but by the time I was born most of them were all gone. Some time during high school they knocked down the last blast furnace. For the last few days I have been studying the old photos and discovering things I didn't know in every pixel.

Here is one compared shot.


http://binged.it/WPamhd

Anyways... these maps are a great resource.

[CodyO]

I was using pennpilot to get old overheads from my area too and was amazed at how much had changed over the years being born in 94 means I missed alot!

[PJPickard]

Chris,

If you have not seen this short film, you should!

[Scottl]

It is remarkable how some of these heavy industrial areas have changed.  We have tremendous resources now to track these changes.

Does anyone know the function of the diamond shaped rail at 5:21 in the film?

[up1950s]

Kinda neat that some scars remain identifiable from the past .