Published November 25. 2020 11:10AM
In this concluding column, we have a treat for our railroad buffs.
The railroads at one time moved practically all the cement produced in our local cement plants. They also supplied the mills with massive amounts of coal.
Today, trucks have replaced the rails at some cement plants.
Today, we remember a chapter when the Dragon and neighboring plants were dependent on the railroads. With the permission of my good friends Mike Bednar and Jim Rowland, of Lehigh Lines, we can share some photos of rail and cement heritage.
Enjoy the photographs!
PHOTOS COURTESY OF Mike Bednar, Tom Biery, William Bokoko, Robert Harmen, Larry Oberly and Joe Yurko The Siegfried station, pictured here in 1940, is now home to the Northampton Area Historical Society.
A train from Dragon Cement Company arrives at the Siegfried station in 1972.
A gas-powered Plymouth engine brings rocks from the Dragon quarry to the mill.
Cement rock is transported across Main Street in 1980.
Cement from the Martin Marietta Dragon Cement Company is ready for transport in 1965.
The Dragon plant is quiet after a day of work in 1988.
