Photograph

A Reading Engine on Water Street

A captioned railroad photograph places an old Reading engine on Water Street and identifies Nathan Knapp in the cab.

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Historic black-and-white photograph of a Reading railroad engine on Water Street in Shamokin
Reading engine on Water StreetA historic photograph shows an old Reading engine on Water Street.Image date unknown

On Water Street

The caption places the locomotive on Water Street behind Harris flower shop, preserving a local railroad setting without fixing a modern camera point.

A Person in the Cab

Nathan Knapp is identified in the cab. The record does not infer an occupation, service dates, or biography beyond that caption.

Part of a Rail City

The scene accompanies a broader Jubilee account of railroads, locomotives, passenger cars, freight work, and industrial connections in Shamokin.