Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.81a-dDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Page 81 contains:
(a, top) Jellett's notes transcribed as follows: Allen's Lane
Allen's Lane from the Wissahickon Turnpike to Ridge Road, past Platt's - or Heft's - house, was known as Blind Lane on account of its darkness at night.
L. Amberg to E.C.J. June 4, 1905
(b, middle left) This small newspaper clipping is labeled (in Jellett's handwriting) as from the Germantown Independent Gazette of 1901. The article relates the collapse of the Allen's Lane Bridge which fell into the creek in a storm and was washed downstream and lies on the creek bank. The Park Commission plans to ask the City Council for a $30,000 appropriation to replace the old wooden span with a stone arch bridge.
(c, middle right) Two small newspaper clippings compose this classification. The first clipping mentions that the Allen Lane Bridge was one of the old covered bridges, with only two remaining - at Livezey's Lane and Thomas Mill Road. The second clipping reflects on the old Allen'sLane Bridge and the fact that a part of Allen's Lane became known as "Deadman's Lane". The author declines to inverstgate how that name came to apply.
(d, bottom left) In this small newspaper clipping the unknown author relates that skunk cabbage, always in bloom in January can be found on the first stream above Allen's Lane, crossing the bridle path on the east side of Wissahickon creek.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: June 4, 1905
