Name/Title
RailroadsEntry/Object ID
2013.34.4.130a-eDescription
Page 130 of the Edwin C. Jellett Scrapbook, The Wissahickon, Volume IV, Rittenhouse Street. to Kitchen Lane.
Five newspaper clippings about the history of railroading in Germantown.
2013.34.4.130a is headed "One Hundred Years Ago" and quotes a note from Poulson's Advertiser, Nov. 11, 1830, about a proposed railroad along the Wissahickon.
2013.34.4.130b is headed "One Hundred Years Ago" and quotes a note from Poulson's Advertiser, Feb. 3, 1831, about a proposed railroad along the Wissahickon, giving cost estimates and anticipated difficulties.
2013.34.4.130c is headed "One Hundred Years Ago" and quotes a note from Poulson's Advertiser, July 14, 1832, about a railroad excusion to Germantown with observations about development prospects.
2013.34.4.130d quotes from the Germantown Telegraph, Oct. 1, 1834, about work on the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad in Manayunk.
2013.34.4.130e is headed "Planned Railroad Along the Creek by A. C. Chadwick, Jr." and quotes the same note as 2013.34.4.130b.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
