Gravel Place is a location within Arlington Heights, Pennsylvania, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of East Stroudsburg.

The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) was formed in June, 1881 through the merger of several small railroads.

In 1892, the NYS&W formed a subsidiary, the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (WB&E), to reach the mines directly.

[3]: 93 Westbound DL&W freight trains stopped at Gravel Place to take on coal and water, and discharge ash, before continuing over the Poconos on to Scranton.

Pusher locomotives were added to the rear to help with the climb to Pocono Summit, where they would uncouple and return light to Gravel Place.

[3]: 107  Gravel Place closed in the late 1940s, at the end of the steam era on the DL&W, as new diesels made its facilities obsolete.

[4] The out-of-service tower is still standing and is listed in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database.