Lykens – Railroad Engine House
This photograph of an engine house at a turntable is purported to be from the yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building does appear to […]
Lykens – Railroad Engine House & Turntable, Pre-Civil War
A photograph of the 5-bay engine house and turntable of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This view appeared on a stereoscopic card produced by Isaac Kunkel of […]
Lykens – Railroad Yard, Blacksmith Shop
A view of the blacksmith shop at the Pennsylvania Railroad yard at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This is believed to be a pre-Civil War era structure, as it is noted […]
Lykens – Railroad Station, 1916
A photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken in 1916 for survey of railroad structures conducted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The structure to the […]
Lykens – Expanded Railroad Station, Post-Civil War
A photo showing the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken some time post-Civil War, possibly as late as 1916. This photo shows an expansion of the original […]
Lykens – First Railroad Station, Built 1858
The photo above is captioned “Original Lykens Station,” Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. However, according to the maps, the 1858 station was said to be about one block east of Market […]
John A. Romberger (1850-1916)
John A. Romberger, dealer in coal, lumber, grain, seeds, and potatoes, Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born on the old homestead, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 21 April 1850, the son […]
Jonas Garman (1827-1904)
Jonas Garman, grocery merchant, was born in Snyder County, then Union County, Pennsylvania, 12 November 1827. Henry Garman, his grandfather, was of German and English descent. He was an extensive […]