. Philadelphia and its environs . ed; ferry-boatssteam steadily across the river ; and restless tugs ply up and down, convoying vessels a dozentimes their size, or dash about in search of a tow; all the wharves are crowded with vessels ofall sizes, from the great ocean steamer to the diminutive tub, and all the river is white witharriving and departing sails. Smiths and Windmill Islands lie in midstream almost opposite,and Pettys Island lies a short distance above. Near it a cloud of dust and a forest of mastsmark the great coal-shipping port of the Reading Railroad, at Richmond; and beyond th
. Philadelphia and its environs . ed; ferry-boatssteam steadily across the river ; and restless tugs ply up and down, convoying vessels a dozentimes their size, or dash about in search of a tow; all the wharves are crowded with vessels ofall sizes, from the great ocean steamer to the diminutive tub, and all the river is white witharriving and departing sails. Smiths and Windmill Islands lie in midstream almost opposite,and Pettys Island lies a short distance above. Near it a cloud of dust and a forest of mastsmark the great coal-shipping port of the Reading Railroad, at Richmond; and beyond theriver ripples and sparkles until lost in the hazy distance. Across the river are Camden and Gloucester, and behind them the level sands of New Jerseystretch away, so flat and unbroken by anything that would obstruct the vision that it requires PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. no great stretch of the imagination to beUeve that with a glass of moderate power one mightsee the waves of the Atlantic, sixty miles away as the crow VIEW LOOKING UP THE DELAWARE RIVER. Inland, the eye ranges over the entire city, fromLeague Island on the south, to and beyond German-town, on the north, and from the Delaware to points farwest of the Schuylkill, Second Street, the longestbuilt-up street in the city, runs straight as an arrowto the northward, until its course is lost among thetrees in the suburbs. Dozens of church spires rise into the air, the tall white stand-pipe of theKensington Water-works standing conspicuous among them on the Delaware side of the city,matched by that of the Twenty-fourth Ward Works on the west side of the Schuylkill, Tothe northwest, Girard College stands boldly out; the Moorish dome of the Broad Street JewishSynagogue rises south of it; and almost due west of the spectator the massive bulk of theMasonic Temple, and the graceful spires, brown and white, of the churches at Broad and Arch,mark the spot which is destined to contain, in the near future, a collection
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