The Hercules Cement Company plant was
a little less than a mile southwest of Stockertown at a location the
railroad identified as Hercules. - northward view,
March 28, 1988 - Robert F. Fischer/Warren C. Gearrick
The Hercules Cement Company plant was
a little less than a mile southwest of Stockertown at a location the
railroad identified as Hercules. - northward view,
March 28, 1988 - Robert F. Fischer/Warren C. Gearrick
The L&NE/LV interchange at Stockertown was
with the latter company's
Easton & Northern Branch south of town at a place the LV named L&NE Junction. - southwest view, March
28, 1988 - Robert F. Fischer/Warren C. Gearrick
Many Portland cement manufacturers in the cement region
operated huge plant complexes that required small railroad yards to service
them. It was a giant industry that flourished amongst the farm fields of rural
Pennsylvania. - northwest view, March 28, 1988 - Robert F.
Fischer/Warren C. Gearrick