bookmark_borderHistoric Shawmont Station Posted on May 23, 2014 by admin Historic Shawmont Station in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA. 1850 – Flat Rock Bridge 1857 – Inventor, Thomas Shaw 1873 Ridge avenue Railway 1874 1909 – Shawmont Station, 1914 1916 – Canal locks at Flat Rock Dam Shawmont Station, 1929 1940 – Recreational boating along the canal 1950 – Reading Railroad’s Shamokin Express passing Shawmont 1960 – Pennsylvania Railroad’s Shawmont Station (demolished) Shawmont Station 1974 1991 – Shawmont’s waiting room 2008 – Shawmont Station today 2013 – Inside Shawmont Station 2014 – What Shawmont Station may have looked like as a country home in 1826 1826: Nathan Nathan’s house 1832 – Baldwin’s “Old Ironsides” 1833 – 1st Railroad Bridge Over Wissahickon Creek Manayunk’s first train station from 1834 1835 1836 1827 – Schuylkill Navigation Co. Map