Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.1.52Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1- The Wissahickon
Page 52 contains handwritten notes of Jellett on white lined note paper. These notes are entitled "A. C. Goell" and are dated March 5, 1905. Jellett recounts stopping at Goell's guard box and talking with him about the new stone bridge replacing the "Old Red Bridge". Goell also related the construction of the Nicholas Rittenhouse House and its "taking down" in 1876 or 1877. Goell also related stories of an old fulling mill at Schurr's Lane and of two mills along the Wissahickon (Allen's Lane and Thomas Mill Road).Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1894 - 1925Notes
Creation Date: March 5, 1905