. Philadelphia and its environs . hich theextensive freight depots of theReading and the North Penn-sylvania roads stand harmoniouslyside by side; and Poplar Streetwharf, with its huge stacks oflumber, covering acres of of the most extensive of theseyards is represented in the accom-panying view; Smith & HarrissLumber Yard, at Coates Streetwharf, is also shown. In this neighboihood, at Frontand Laurel Streets, stands animposing monument to energy,industry, and perseverance. TheKeystone Saw, Tool, Steel, andFile Works of Henry Disston &Sons, started in a cellar by thesenior member of
. Philadelphia and its environs . hich theextensive freight depots of theReading and the North Penn-sylvania roads stand harmoniouslyside by side; and Poplar Streetwharf, with its huge stacks oflumber, covering acres of of the most extensive of theseyards is represented in the accom-panying view; Smith & HarrissLumber Yard, at Coates Streetwharf, is also shown. In this neighboihood, at Frontand Laurel Streets, stands animposing monument to energy,industry, and perseverance. TheKeystone Saw, Tool, Steel, andFile Works of Henry Disston &Sons, started in a cellar by thesenior member of the firm somethirty-five years ago, have de-veloped into the establishmentshown in our illustration, whichcovers eight acres of ground withits numerous factories, employingover one thousand hands. Heresaws of every description, withtheir component parts, also tools,files, etc., are manufactured at therate of five tons daily. This firmhas extensive branch works atTacony and a branch house atChicago, and may be well termed. the pioneer factory of its kind in America, and is the largest saw factory in the world. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 99 Kensington is the head-quarters of the shipbuilding interest in the city proper; though thereare first-class yards, turning out excellent work, at Kaighns Point, Chester, Wilmington,and other points on the Delaware, all of which come properly under the head of Philadelphiaenterprises. All these yards are generally busy, the amount of shipbuilding done on the Delawareforming no inconsiderable portion of the citys industrial showing. The firm of Wm. Cramp& Sons, at Kensington, has won much fame by the amount of first-class work turned out fromits yards. It was here that the huge iron ships of the American Steamship Company, the iron
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