September 2023: North Sharon: Westinghouse & Thornton Street south to Meek Street (44 pages, 5.5 x 8.5")

Highlights:

• Sharon annexes North Sharon from Hickory Township

• Residential growth in Sharon's new territory

• W.D. Gamble Elementary School/Salvation Army

• The Catwalk path to school along the cemetery

• Oakwood Cemetery

• Sharpsville Avenue businesses, past and present: Billy’s Black & Gold, Bill’s Avenue Lottery, Petrosky’s Market/Randy Bar

• Acres of blacktopped parking for Westinghouse Workers

• The Carpo-Russ Club

• Industry of the past

• Sharpsville Avenue houses moved, yards cropped to widen the street

• Stories on photos on Westinghouse: The before, the heyday, the future:

  • Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Co./Savage Arms

  • Working down at The Westinghouse

  • A million-square-foot redevelopment encompasses everything from steel galvanizing to an aquaponic farm raising lettuce and fish

• Color 1957 Sanborn Map Co. fire-insurance map showing every structure in the tour area