History Walk - North Sharon: Westinghouse & Thornton Street to Meek Street

History Walk - North Sharon: Westinghouse & Thornton Street to Meek Street

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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

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