| Built in 1913, NORTH PHILADELPHIA Tower was constructed to help handle the busy passenger flow of the city terminal, and the newly constructed Chestnut Hill line. The tower is reminiscent of the Victorian bricked-base, wood topped tower design of the late 1800s, but has a fully reinforced concrete base (NORTH PHILADELPHIA is the only remaining tower in Pennsylvania from this design era). The tower had a 47 lever US&S F13 EP machine with 45 working levers making it one of the most demanding switch towers in the Philadelphia Terminal Division. NORTH PHILADELPHIA Tower is still an active tower, but in no regards to what it once was. Also of note, FAIR Tower in Trenton is the sister tower of NORTH PHILADELPHIA. |