Reading railroad span next to Little Schuylkill river. Drehersville, Schuylkill County PA

[@johnmilonas9143]

Nice thank you

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

You are very welcome John.

[@nickmad887]

Thanks Kevin.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

You bet Nick!

[@MillersRailfan]

Must be a VERY strong structure

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

The Reading diamond assures quality!

[@paulbergen9114]

Always a strange thought upgrading in the 1920s as things theoretically still looked good but the Depression was only a few years away. They did a good job of combining the old and new parts of the bridge and of course good to see it in service nearly a century later

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

The twenties seemed to be a popular decade for upgrades on the Reading. I like how you said things looked good. Makes sense. They were probably pulling in lots of revenue and upgrades seemed to be taking place every where. Here in Emmaus we have two railroads. Originally the Perkiomen and the East Pennsylvania. Both were leased by the Reading. Each one has a overpass in town at different locations and they have date stamps from the twenties. Different years however. Both Reading diamond stamps.

[@mellowyellowmom7631]

I love the sound of the river and the lovely stonework.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

I could sit there for hours and be completely content.

[@davestrang8585]

Superb 🎉

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

You should see the trout they pull out of this spot!

[@johnalder6028]

A nice place to hang out for sure. Nice video.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Indeed John. Thank you 😊

[@samuelt5131]

Another nice one (almost missed it)

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Glad you didn't my friend 🙂

[@jennsylvania1633]

Yeah, I would say that's the original stonework.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

I think so to Jenn! That puts the stone work at about 195 years old. Absolutely remarkable. All those years of freeze and thaw and it's still solid as the day it was built

[@ShawnD1027]

Following along as usual on various mapping sites and it's interesting to see Drehersville's Main St is only 250' long! My guess is that some time before 1951 (the earliest image on Historic Aerials) it extended to a total 800' to what's now the intersection of Hawk Mountain & T726, the latter of which used to connect to Pheasant Run.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Wow Shawn you are spot on!! Go to the community section. I just posted a picture of the bridge that used to connect the two. In the fall we will be able to see the abutment for said bridge.

[@johnnicoline7632]

Pocket watch was the Ruleingest

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

Saw it with my own eyes. It's awesome!!

[@johnnicoline7632]

@@kevinsalsbury2118 think of all the rushing water that came through with floods of the years and that thing stayed, unreal buddy.

[@kevinsalsbury2118]

The story behind that watch could go so many directions. Truly priceless if you ask me.