The noise of trains passing through Taranto (and perhaps the annoyance of getting stuck at one of its crossings) is a reminder of the role locomotives play in the city.
If the address is no longer used for passengers, this is not the case at first.
Over the years, there have been 4 train stations in Taranto.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad, on the Lower Burrell aspect of the Allegheny River, built before the West Penn Railroad, on the Taranto aspect of the river.
In the mid-19th century, Craigdell Road, where the giant eagle is located on Tarentum Bridge Road, stretched all the way to the river. In 1856, the Allegheny Valley Railroad completed its tracks between Pittsburgh and Kittanning. That same year, the company opened a station at the foot of Craigdell Road and named it Tarentum Station.
In fact, passengers wishing to pass to Taranto were released from the exercise and took a ferry across the river to Taranto. Passengers crossing the river would take a ferry and arrive at Hairs Island, in the middle of the river.
They then crossed the island on foot to board a second ferry that took them from the island to Taranto. At the time, the water downstream from Hairs Island was too thin to allow a single ferry to pass around the tip of the island.
Around 1900, Hairs Island got rid of the sand, through the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. , which used to make glass.
The station at the foot of Craigdell continued to be called Tarentum Station for many years, even after 1866, when the West Penn Railroad began operating trains on the Tarentum side of the river. There was a time when there were two train stations in Taranto, one on the riverbank.
Later, the station in the Lower Burrell aspect was renamed Craigdell Station. In the 1920s it was renamed Renoulf Beach Station because of the incredibly popular swimming domain adjacent to it.
The West Penn Railroad operated along the north bank of the Allegheny River. The company bought the rights-of-way of the old canal and built its tracks over the bed of the old canal.
On October 12, 1866, the first exercise passed through Tarente. It was decorated with red, white, and blue banners and carried 100 dignitaries, as well as senators, congressmen, and other state officials.
Tarentum’s second station was built around 1870 near the site of JG’s current Tarentum Station Grille restaurant.
A third, larger Tarentum station was built near Lock Street in 1892. It has a single-storey wooden structure.
After the flood of 1913, the railroad raised the tracks and station 3 feet. In 1915, the station was moved and remodeled. A two-story addition was added in the center and the wood design was clad with brick. The station reopened at the end of 1916.
In 1964, the last passenger exercise passed through Tarente. La deserted station was sold to the Parking Authority in 1981. The building was renovated and reopened in November 1983 as Tarentum Station Restaurant and Lounge. It remained in operation until 2007.
After extensive renovations, the station restaurant reopened as JG’s Tarentum Station Grille in January 2008 (new ownership by John Greco).
In August 2014, the Municipality of Taranto sold the historic station to John Greco for $150,000 at a public auction. The municipality still owns the parking lots surrounding the station. These masses generate the maximum profit per meter that the municipality collects per year.
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