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Rockhill borough, Orbisonia borough

Orbisonia and Rock Hill from the air, 1906

Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906. A perspective map, not drawn to scale. — Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906. A perspective map, not drawn to scale.Fowler & Kelly, 1906. Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps collection. Public domain. LOC 75696513

Nobody flew over Orbisonia in 1906. The bird's eye view was a commercial art form: an artist walked the streets, drew every building, and then assembled them into a perspective nobody had ever actually seen. Fowler and Kelly made this one of the two boroughs together, and the Library of Congress holds it. It is a perspective map, not drawn to scale, which means the buildings are real and the geometry is persuasion.

Sources

Fowler & Kelly, "Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906". Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Panoramic Maps collection (2nd edition), number 822; LOC item 75696513. The catalogue records it as a perspective map not drawn to scale. Public domain.

Checked 2026-09-01 · Library of Congress Panoramic Maps

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East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Machine Shop, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace

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East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill FurnaceLibrary of Congress · pa3371

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Foundry, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Foundry, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill FurnaceLibrary of Congress · pa3373

View of Locomotive No. 12 about a quarter mile north of Orbisonia, crossing steel I-beam plate girder bridge after clearing yard at Orbisonia - East Broad Top Railroad

View of Locomotive No. 12 about a quarter mile north of Orbisonia, crossing steel I-beam plate girder bridge after clearing yard at Orbisonia - East Broad Top RailroadLibrary of Congress, No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government · pa1798.photos.355887p

General View Looking South Across Meadow Street (Rte. 994) from Orbisonia Depot Toward the Rockhill Shop Complex - East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Orbisonia Depot

General View Looking South Across Meadow Street (Rte. 994) from Orbisonia Depot Toward the Rockhill Shop Complex - East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Orbisonia DepotLibrary of Congress, No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government · pa3448.photos.360090p

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