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Susquehanna Depot, often referred to simply as Susquehanna, is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, located on the Susquehanna River southeast of Binghamton, New York. In the past, railroad locomotives and railroad cars were made here. It is also known for its Pennsylvania Bluestone quarries.〔Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. ("Susquehanna County: The Heart of Pennsylvania Bluestone." ) Accessed 2011-08-29.〕 The behavioral scientist B. F. Skinner was born in Susquehanna.〔"(About B.F. Skinner )". B.F. Skinner Foundation. Retrieved 2009-09-20.〕 The borough population was 1,643 as of the 2010 census. ==History== The New York and Erie Railroad (later reorganized as the Erie Railroad) built a rail line through the county in 1848, including the Starrucca Viaduct, a monumental structure spanning Starrucca Creek. Concurrently the railroad established workshops in what would eventually be known as Susquehanna Depot. Initially 350 workers were employed. The line opened for traffic in 1851.〔Stracuzzi, Francine A. ("Erie Railroad's Effect on the Borough of Susquehanna: Susquehanna Depot." ) Accessed 2011-08-28.〕 The borough was incorporated on August 19, 1853 from part of Harmony Township.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.susqcohistsoc.org/townships/harmony.htm )〕 In 1863 the Erie shops were expanded to cover , and they employed 700 workers by 1865, and later over 1,000.〔 The complex included a 33-stall roundhouse, a rail yard, a foundry, gas works, oil works, and offices.〔Coppock, Gary F. (1992). ("Borough of Susquehanna Depot Early History." ) From Phase I Archaeological Survey Report for the Susquehanna River Bridge Replacement Project.〕 The Susquehanna railroad station, which included a large hotel called the Starrucca House, opened in 1865.〔Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Washington, DC. ("Erie Railway, Susquehanna Station & Hotel." ) Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Call no. HAER PA,58-SUSQ,3- . Survey No. HAER PA-8.〕 The railroad converted the Starrucca House to offices and staff housing c. 1903.〔Dahl, John C.(2001). ("Great Railroad Stations: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania." )〕 A new roundhouse complex was constructed between 1904 and 1911, and other shop buildings were added through the 1920s. In 1928 the railroad relocated its locomotive shops to Hornell, New York, and moved other shops out of Susquehanna in 1929, but retained a coach shop with reduced staffing through the 1950s. In 1952 Erie closed the roundhouse, as it converted its steam locomotive roster to diesel locomotives. By the end of the decade, Erie had moved all of its remaining shop operations to Meadville.〔 Erie merged into the Erie–Lackawanna Railroad (EL) in 1960, and the latter ended passenger train service in 1968.〔 EL went bankrupt in 1972 and was absorbed into Conrail in 1976. Most of the railroad shop buildings were demolished in 1980-81.〔 With the demise of the local railroad industry, Susquehanna now has many small resident-owned businesses scattered along Main Street. Recent renovations to several Main Street buildings mark the first significant upturn in the local economy in several decades. The Erie Railroad Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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