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Tannery

Overview of tannery module is inspired by photo, page 4xx book #4 of the Logging Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania.

The tannery and surrounding company town are inspired by the town of Leetonia, PA.  Leetonia featured a large tannery, sawmill, town, and railroad facilities.  The placement of the buildings on the tannery module loosely follow the placement of buildings in lower portion of Leetonia.  The major difference is that the model tannery is on the opposite end of town.

The majority of the modeling on this section was done by Paul Miklos.  The exceptions being the company houses which were built by Clarke O'Byrne, the company store built by Ed Heeg, and the CPL office and Post Office built by David Keith.

The company houses were built by Clarke O'bern.  Paul Miklos built the privies, sheds, and added the details.

Farm animals were common in Leetonia.  This house is the exception, having pigs.  Most families had cows.  The cows would graze in the pastures above town, returning each twice a day for milking.

The Shaut Company store, built by Ed Heage, was a gathering point for the men of Leetonia.  On payday, the men would line up at the Horizontal window of the CPL office.