Connellsville
| Connellsville | |||
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 East Crawford Avenue in Connellsville |
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| Location in Pennsylvania | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 1, 1806 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Pennsylvania | ||
| County : | Fayette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 1 ′ N , 79 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,146 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,524.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 280 m | ||
| Postal code : | 15425 | ||
| Area code : | +1 724 | ||
| FIPS : | 42-15776 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1172348 | ||
| Website : | www.connellsville.org | ||
| Mayor : | Judy Reed | ||
Connellsville is a city in the US state of Pennsylvania .
Geographical location
The community has about 9,000 residents and is part of Fayette County . Located on the banks of the Youghiogheny River , it is at the northern end of Chestnut Ridge , about 90 kilometers southeast of Pittsburgh .
traffic
railroad
Connellsville became known from the second half of the 19th century as a railway junction on various routes for at times five railway companies. The main route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from Cumberland to Pittsburgh crosses the place from southeast to northwest on the north side of the Youghiogheny River. Another B&O route led from Connellsville southwest to Clarksburg . On the south side of the Youghiogheny River, a route of the Western Maryland Railway (WMR) has reached Connellsville since 1912, coming from the east . From there, the main route of the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad , an operating part of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE), continued west on the south bank of the Youghiogheny River . The main line of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway (P&WV), completed in 1931 , also generally connected Connellsville with destinations further west, but left the local area to the north and only swung a few kilometers north to west. Finally, a branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad led from Greensburg to Fairchance and Uniontown in a north-south direction through the place.
The decline in coal production in the region, the closure of manufacturing industries and the consolidation of the Western Maryland Railway with the parallel B&O - which eliminated freight previously assumed by WMR on the P&LE and P&WV - led to the closure of many of these railway lines. In 2020, the main B&O main line now operated by CSX Transportation and the P&WV line now operated by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway will be active. In addition, the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad operates parts of the former PRR branch line, but crosses Connellsville using trackage rights on the CSX route.
In addition, Connellsville was from the beginning of the 20th century to 1952 a junction of the Interurban West Penn Railways, which had a broad gauge of 1588 mm, and the headquarters of the operating company.
In 1903 the Connellsville railway accident occurred west of the town . From 1914 onwards, some Mallet steam locomotives of the legendary H8 series of the Western Maryland Railway were stationed in Connellsville .
Highway
Connellsville is just off Route 119 , which runs southwest from Greensburg through West Virginia to Pineville , Kentucky .
sons and daughters of the town
- Adam W. Snyder (1799–1842), politician
- Joshua Mathiot (1800–1849), politician
- Joseph Showalter Smith (1824-1884), politician
- John Frank Boyd (1853–1945), politician
- Edwin S. Porter (1870–1941), film pioneer
- Alexander Johnston Barron (1880–1982), lawyer
- John Woodruff (1915-2007), middle distance runner
- Johnny Lujack (born 1925), American football player
- Tamora Pierce (* 1954), writer
literature
- Hallwag Travel Atlas USA, 1992 edition;
- OS Nock: Railways at their zenith 1905-1919 . German Zurich edition 1977, ISBN 3-280-00892-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Historical Guide to North American Railroads . Kalmbach Media, 2014, ISBN 978-0-89024-970-3 , pp. 248-249; 303-304 (English).
- ^ Western Pennsylvania Railroads. January 31, 2017, accessed on May 6, 2020 (English, contains a map of the railway junction from around 1960).
- ^ Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide . 5th edition. Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, ISBN 978-0-89024-290-2 , pp. 295; 333 (English).