New Cumberland Public Library - Around Town

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This collection includes a series of black and white photographs of buildings and streets throughout New Cumberland; advertisements from businesses circa 1900; and miscellaneous images of town.
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Lochiel wreck
Trains
Photograph of an engine from the Lochiel wreck. On May 11, 1905, a passenger train collided with a freight train carrying dynamite in the Lochiel neighborhood of south Harrisburg. According the George Heffelman's Town Topics, explosions at the wreck caused windows to be blown out in several New Cumberland businesses and homes.
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