The Liberties Today ...
Only part of the Liberties area is remains today. Part was destroyed with the building of Rt. 209, part with the changing of the road to Upper Mauch Chunk and the upper part of the Liberties with the filling in of the old barney pit area at the base of Mt. Pisgah. This last area is now a park and ballfield. There still remains, though, part of the Liberties area between the ballfield on North Avenue and Rt. 209. Below are some photos from the old Liberties site that remains. The Liberties Civil War memorial is in this area (photo to come).
Jack Sterling, Mauch Chunk resident and local historian, looking over one of the several remaining Liberties foundations.
Another Liberties foundations - road from RT 209 to Upper Mauch Chunk visible at very top of photo.
Jack Sterling standing at the end of what once was the road through the Liberties. It was down this road that many of the Central RR workers walked down to the Central shops and roundhouse at the base of the Liberties. Also down this road came numerous parades (Memorial Day - Decoration Day, St. Patrick's Day, etc.) as they wound their way to East Mauch Chunk.
A look from higher up in the Liberties - houses would have been in the foreground and down. Road to Upper Mauch Chunk in view - houses in East Mauch Chunk in upper left.
Three Liberties boys - all with ties to families in the Liberties. Standing at a Liberties foundation. From left to right: Bill Auld, Sr. (Conroy, McCloskey, Brewster, Fahey, Dixon families), Jack Sterling (Johnstons), and Ed Mulligan (Crilley, Burns, and several others).