I filmed today’s video, https://youtu.be/JOQPtWfaGcQ, down at the Waterfront in Burlington, VT. Those tanker cars called my name. You’ll see multiple switch tracks, a lever mechanism, which does the switching, tracks side-by-side, extra rail tracks(!) stacked (for installation?)and LOTS of tanker cars…some up close!! I had never heard of Thiele-Kaolin, whose name was on theContinue reading “Tanker Train Cars!”
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Burlington’s Unknown War of 1812 Military Dead: Small Pox Epidemic?
Today’s video is about “Burlington’s Unknown”. They were War of 1812 Soldiers & Sailors who may have died during the small pox epidemic. These men are buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, VT. Burlington’s Unknown “In this area lie the remains of some of the city’s earliest residents. They resided here from the early toContinue reading “Burlington’s Unknown War of 1812 Military Dead: Small Pox Epidemic?”
John J. Flynn: A Charitable Man
In today’s video, https://youtu.be/mfz235DkQf4, I share with you what was in John J. Flynn’s will, according to a 1940 Burlington Free Press article, which was written a few days after his death. John Flynn was born in Dorset, VT and moved to Burlington, VT. He began working as a migrant farmer, rose to manager andContinue reading “John J. Flynn: A Charitable Man”
A John Roberts House on King Street
Today’s video, https://youtu.be/bnk41va1p1E, is about a house I saw on King Street in Burlington, VT, that looked like it had been built by John Roberts. He was a local builder/contractor who worked between the 1870s and 1890s in Burlington until he moved to Philadelphia. Mr. Roberts had a penchant for dressing up an otherwise non-descriptContinue reading “A John Roberts House on King Street”