| Named for the once-nearby trolley manufacturer, BRILL Tower was built in 1905. The tower was constructed on a brick foundation with a wood frame second floor, which contained a projecting trackside bay window. Rectangular in plan, BRILL has a hipped roof that was originally covered in either slate or tile. Similar to BALDWIN Tower, BRILL also contained an internal staircase. The tower was constructed with a 40 lever, Armstrong electro-mechanical switch machine with 26 working levers that controlled a full track cross-over. Interestingly, Amtrak disassembled and donated the interlocking machine in its entirety to the relocated and restored former LEMO (Lemoyne) Tower, (renamed J Tower) at Strasburg Railroad. Today, BRILL is completely inactive and suffers from weather infiltration as well as heavy vandalism. |