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Wayne Junction station

1881 establishments in PennsylvaniaFormer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stationsFormer Reading Company stationsHistoric district contributing properties in PennsylvaniaHistoric district contributing properties in Philadelphia
NRHP infobox with nocatNicetown-Tioga, PhiladelphiaRailway stations in the United States opened in 1881Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in PhiladelphiaSEPTA Regional Rail stationsStations on the SEPTA Main LineUse mdy dates from August 2023
Wayne Junction station September 2020
Wayne Junction station September 2020

Wayne Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail junction station located at 4481 Wayne Avenue, extending along Windrim Avenue to Germantown Avenue. The station is located in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Wayne Junction serves as a multi-modal transfer point between six of SEPTA's regional rail lines as well as three major transit routes – the Route 75 Trackless Trolley and the Route 23 and 53 bus lines. The station served more than 321,000 riders annually in 2018.

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Wayne Junction station
Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia

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N 40.023 ° E -75.1595 °
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Germantown Avenue
19118 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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Wayne Junction station September 2020
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Keystone Dry Plate Works
Keystone Dry Plate Works

The Keystone Dry Plate and Film Works was founded by John Carbutt in 1879 in Philadelphia, and its 113 Berkley Street location was constructed in Germantown in 1884. The factory became the location for his pioneering work in new photographic technologies, including improved glass plate photography, x-ray imaging, the first 35 mm celluloid film, and very early color photography procedures. Carbutt developed the first gelatine-bromide dry plates (1879), the first orthochromatic dry plates (1886) and the first celluloid dry plates(1888) in this location. He produced the first 35mm film here and sold it to Thomas Edison. In 1888, he introduced the less than a decade-old Edison light bulb to increase productivity in his factory, and in 1896, Carbutt began to manufacture the first x-ray plates for commercial use. In his later years, Carbutt experimented with color photography.John Carbutt died in 1905. In the early 20th century the factory was bought by Defender Photo Supply, based in Rochester, NY, and became known as the Defender Dry Plate Company. From 1912 to 1977 the building was occupied by Moore Push Pin Company; Edwin Moore invented and patented the push pin, and subsequent occupants included a drug rehab facility. The building forms part of a cluster of 19th-century industrial buildings around Wayne Junction rail station. In January 2021, Ken Weinstein, the current owner of the property through Wayne Junction Properties/Philly Office Retail, submitted a financial hardship application to the Philadelphia Historical Commission to permit the building to be demolished.