Watkins, New York
Watkins was on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira Branch, formerly the Northern Central Railroad. The Fall Brook Railway (part of the New York Central system) also had a station in Watkins about a mile west of downtown.
Northern Central Railroad
A 1909 postcard of the station in Watkins.
Another 1909 view of the station.
Fall Brook Railway
An 1870 stereograph of the Fall Brook Railway bridge over Watkins Glen.
Caption reads "Watkins Glen viaduct, Syracuse, Geneva & Corning Rail
Road, designed and constructed by Niagara Bridge Works, Buffalo NY.
Total Length, 450 feet. Height from bed of stream to rail, 155 feet;
Height from top of masonry to rail, 144 ft. Total Cost, $22,000. "
An undated postcard showing the Fall Brook (New York Central) line over
Watkins Glen.
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