. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . istol, an old town with 10,172 peopleand large textile mills, and thence on along the Delaware River, past anumber of charming suburban towns to Torresdale, a pretty settlement along the picturesque banks ofPoquessing Creek, which marks the northeastern boundary of the city ofPhiladelphia. Holmesburg Junction, with the grim stone walls of the PhiladelphiaHouse of Correction dominating the scene, marks the divergence of theb
. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . istol, an old town with 10,172 peopleand large textile mills, and thence on along the Delaware River, past anumber of charming suburban towns to Torresdale, a pretty settlement along the picturesque banks ofPoquessing Creek, which marks the northeastern boundary of the city ofPhiladelphia. Holmesburg Junction, with the grim stone walls of the PhiladelphiaHouse of Correction dominating the scene, marks the divergence of thebranch line to the quaint old town of Bustleton, back in the hills. Tacony and Wissinoming, with their great saw mills and cordage plants,Bridesburg with its important Government arsenal, and Frankford, notedfor its textile mills, mark the way to Frankford Junction, where the Delaware River Bridge Line toAtlantic City and Cape May connects with the main line. North Philadelphia, the Philadelphia station for many of the throughtrains between New York and the West, lies just west of Broad Street,Philadelphias widest avenue. It is also the junction point with the Chest-. THE DELAWARE RIVER AT BURLINGTON10
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