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Lancaster Switch before changes.
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Lancaster Switch before changes.

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  • Lancaster Switch before changes.
  • (1957 or 1958) Berrys.
  • (Sept. 1955) Rt. 122 (Route 61) at Berry's.
  • (Sept. 1955) Rt. 122 (Route 61) at Berry's.
  • (October 1966) Big "N" groundwork.
  • (October 1966) Big "N" groundwork.
  • (October 1966) Big "N" groundwork.
  • (October 1966) Big "N" groundwork.
  • (May 1955) Cherry Cemetery at Berry's.
  • (May 1955) Cherry Cemetery at Berry's.
  • *Low-Res* Boydtown- This home was located on the lower-end of Boydtown, off Maple Avenue. Irichs Cemetery is in the upper-right portion of this photo. This home was demolished in 2012 following a fire in 2010.
  • *Low-Res* A different angle of the home.
  • An old post office that once sat at Chemung and Howard streets in Springfield. It opened Sept. 23, 1893.
  • (1959) The "death" of Boyd's Grocery in Boydtown.
  • Penn School in Boydtown.
  • Penn School in Boydtown.
  • Lancaster Switch- This is the area of Route 901 and 61 at Ranshaw. The area where the people are standing would eventually be the off-ramp of Route 61. The cut was made wider when the state let Route 61 (Rt. 122) travel over the "Sow's back" instead of through Ranshaw.
  • Aerial of both Boydtown (lower right) and Ranshaw (upper right).
  • Arena Gardens at the Lancaster Switch. This is prior to PennDOT making the interchange in the late 1960s.
  • *Low-Res* (1953) Arena Gardens- Roller skating rink once located at the junction of Routes 901 and 61. In 1969, the state remade this intersection into a "clover" design.
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