Railroad Station - Old Phoebe Snow D& L-Binghamton NY

Some historical tidbits about Binghamton, New York region. Please add any historical notes that interest you.

• Binghamton was a focal point of the Clinton / Sullivan Campaign during the Revolution.
• It has one of the oldest zoos in the US.
• It was the birthplace of IBM.
• It was the birthplace of Link Flight Simulation. A link "Blue Box" trainer, the first flight trainer ever, is on display in the Smithsonian.
• It was the birthplace of Endicott Johnson shoes, which at one time was the largest in the US. Immigrants might not know the language yet, but could be heard to ask,"Which Way, EJ?"
• The Lackawanna stations in Binghamton and Scranton were used for the first ever radio transmission to a moving train. One of the 4 towers used in that experiment still stands beside the Binghamton Lackawanna Station.

D. L. W. Railroad Station, Binghamton, NY
Photo from an early 1900s postcard.