Visiting an Artifact from a Bygone Era in Ellwood City
July 5, 2020, Ewing Park Area: Streetcar Bridge Pier
On July 5, 2020, I took a walk
along the Ewing Park Nature Trail.
I veered off of the trail and
discovered the concrete pillar
which supported a now long-gone streetcar
bridge across the creek.
The street car lines developed in Ellwood City from about 1908 to the early 1920s. By the late 1930s, they had dissolved. One line ran from New Castle south to what is now the Ewing Park area. It crossed the Connoquenessing Creek into Ellport. From there, it crossed the creek again into Franklin Township. From there, it crossed the creek a third time into North Sewickley Township on its route to Zelienople.
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