Editing Newport, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==

[[File:Newport PA station.JPG|left|thumb|The former [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] depot in Newport, alongside [[Pennsylvania Route 34|PA&nbsp;34]]]]
Newport was originally known as Reider's Ferry—later Reidersville—as it was the site of an early ferry on the [[Juniata River]] operated by Paul Jr., Daniel, and John Reider until 1851. The trio had also originally laid down 54 plots and several streets. When the [[Main Line of Public Works#Juniata Division Canal|Juniata Division]] of the [[Pennsylvania Canal]] was finished in 1929, the town was officially renamed Newport.<ref name="Perry 1979">{{Cite book |title=Perry County: The Year Featuring the Borough of Newport |date=Spring 1979 |publisher=The Perry County Tourist Bureau }}</ref>

In 1849 the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] had laid tracks through Third Street downtown. The PRR purchased the struggling canal in 1857, but kept the waterways open until 1889 when the [[Johnstown Flood]] demolished it. By 1905, the PRR began construction of a new trackline along the former towpath which remains today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Canal Era Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=175051 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> There was a small freight yard where railcars and cargo could be transferred to standard gauge, and in 1890 Newport was the eastern end of the [[Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad]].
[[File:Newport Boro HD.JPG|thumb|right|Downtown Newport]]
Newport once had a large tannery that operated from the second half of the 19th century until the early part of the 20th. The town playground and youth baseball fields now occupy the site.

The [[Bridge in Newport Borough]] and [[Newport Historic District (Newport, Pennsylvania)|Newport Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>