17_46B C-NY Reynoldsville

Contributors Photos

Photos submitted by Dustin W. Jewell and Karen Mcleod Spencer on August 15, 2018

Location / Airway

Location / Name

PENNSYLVANIA:  Jefferson County

17_46B C-NY Reynoldsville, site No. 46B on Chicago-New York airway

GPS: 41.0930601,-78.8796449

Transcontinental Airway

Route established September 8, 1920

Pilots Log February 21, 1921

147. Reynoldsville, Pa.-One mile south of course on Pennsylvania Railroad. which follows Sandy Lick Creek from  Brookville. The Pennsylvania crosses the course above Reynoldsville. running in a north-south direction.

Night Airmail

Flights started on July 1, 1924

Contract Air Mail

Cam #17 New York-Chicago
Chicago-New York Airway
Mercer-Sunbury Section

Operator

National Air Transport (Inc.) awarded CAM #17 on April 2, 1927
Route established July 1, 1927

Observations and Notes

Dustin writes:

I’m not exactly sure, if what I stumbled on was indeed one of these so called arrows acrossed America, but I wanted to share with you in hopes that you would be able to better direct me to a confirmation or not. I was recently visiting back in my hometown and hiking some on trails, where a friend and I stumble on what appeared to be a large concrete arrow with two square pads that resembled your other images.

Measurements

Panoramic

Links

This link shows that this site was discontinued before December 15, 1931

Air Commerce Bulletin Vol. 03 No. 12 page 311, December 15, 1931

Reynoldsville. Pa. (C-NY Site No. 46).—A 1,000,000-candlepower rotating beacon light is operating 1 mile northwest of Reynoldsville. Red course lights flash characteristic dash, dot, dash (_ ._ ). This replaces old site 46B formerly located adjacent to Reynoldsville to the north which has been discontinued.

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