https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_CompanyRecent Changes of the page "Merchants Despatch Transportation Company" on Rochester Wiki.en-us https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=diff&version1=3&version2=4&ts=12772397782010-06-22T20:49:38Zpetebmoborder <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Merchants Despatch Transportation Company<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> [[Image(despatchtunnel.jpg, right, 300, thumbnail, "Photo July 2008 by ["Users/BradMandell"]")]] </td> <td> <span>+</span> [[Image(despatchtunnel.jpg, right, 300<span>,noborder</span>, thumbnail, "Photo July 2008 by ["Users/BradMandell"]")]] </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=diff&version1=2&version2=3&ts=12378367422009-03-23T19:32:22ZBradMandelltbl hdrs <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Merchants Despatch Transportation Company<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 2: </td> <td> Line 2: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> ||&lt;b<span>gco</span>l<span>or='#E0E0FF'</span>&gt;'''Location'''|| </td> <td> <span>+</span> ||&lt;<span>class="ta</span>bl<span>ehead"</span>&gt;'''Location'''|| </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=diff&version1=1&version2=2&ts=12170115852008-07-25T18:46:25ZDaveMahonremoved some stray punctuation <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Merchants Despatch Transportation Company<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> The '''[wiki:wikipedia:Merchants_Despatch Merchants Despatch Transportation Company<span>'</span>]''' was formed in by American Express and had offices in ["Rochester"] and moved to a newly constructed plant in a town created for it called '''Despatch''' in 1887; Despatch was incorporated in 1897 and later became<span>.</span> ["East Rochester"]. The massive plant along the New<span>&nbsp;</span>York<span>&nbsp;</span>Central<span>&nbsp;</span>Railroad lines were the reason for the town's existence. </td> <td> <span>+</span> The '''[wiki:wikipedia:Merchants_Despatch Merchants Despatch Transportation Company]''' was formed in by American Express and had offices in ["Rochester"] and moved to a newly constructed plant in a town created for it called '''Despatch''' in 1887; Despatch was incorporated in 1897 and later became ["East Rochester"]. The massive plant along the <span>[wiki:Wikipedia:</span>New<span>_</span>York<span>_</span>Central<span>_</span>Railroad <span>New York Central Railroad] </span>lines were the reason for the town's existence. </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=diff&version1=0&version2=1&ts=12170088322008-07-25T18:00:32ZBradMandellnew entry <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Merchants Despatch Transportation Company<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ [[Image(despatchtunnel.jpg, right, 300, thumbnail, "Photo July 2008 by ["Users/BradMandell"]")]]<br> + ||&lt;bgcolor='#E0E0FF'&gt;'''Location'''||<br> + ||[[Address("Despatch Drive, East Rochester, NY 14445")]]||<br> + <br> + The '''[wiki:wikipedia:Merchants_Despatch Merchants Despatch Transportation Company']''' was formed in by American Express and had offices in ["Rochester"] and moved to a newly constructed plant in a town created for it called '''Despatch''' in 1887; Despatch was incorporated in 1897 and later became. ["East Rochester"]. The massive plant along the New York Central Railroad lines were the reason for the town's existence.<br> + ''MDT hired 900 workers and embarked on an aggressive car building program. ... The East Rochester plant would grow in time to encompass some 64 acres (with an adjacent rail yard of equal size), and would produce on the order of 36 cars per day. The installation became the main car plant within the New York Central system. ... The car shop was closed down in 1970.''[[Footnote(Refer to the [wiki:wikipedia:Merchants_Despatch Wikipedia article] for all the connections, details, photos and the like.)]]<br> + <br> + In the picture at the right you will see the Despatch Building in the background and a sign which describes a tunnel that once ran under the railroad tracks so the workers in the new town could reach the factory and other businesses on the other side of the tracks.<br> + <br> + Much of the old plant and buildings still stand in East Rochester and are home to businesses and organizations.<br> + <br> + '''References'''<br> + * [http://popartmachine.com/search/Merchants'%20Despatch%20Transportation%20Company Photo Collection on PopArtMachine.com]<br> + * [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/erpath/industry.htm Library Industry Entry] with photo and linked inforamation.<br> + * [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us:2080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+4596+716+10730+1+0 Despatch Entry] on library site.<br> + <br> + [[Comments]]</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=recall&version=1&ts=12170088322008-07-25T18:00:32ZBradMandellMap location(s) modifiedhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Companyhttps://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=recall&version=0&ts=12170087232008-07-25T17:58:43ZBradMandellUpload of image <a href="https://rocwiki.org/Merchants_Despatch_Transportation_Company?action=Files&do=view&target=despatchtunnel.jpg">despatchtunnel.jpg</a>.