. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . y side; and Poplar Streetwharf, with its huge stacks of-• lumber, covering acres of s^ of the most extensive of theseC- yards is represented in the accom-;; panying view; Smith «S: Harriss^ Lumber Yard, at Coates Street wharf, is also In this neighborhood, 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-v
. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . y side; and Poplar Streetwharf, with its huge stacks of-• lumber, covering acres of s^ of the most extensive of theseC- yards is represented in the accom-;; panying view; Smith «S: Harriss^ Lumber Yard, at Coates Street wharf, is also In this neighborhood, 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 termedthe pioneer factory of its kind in America, and is the largest saw factor)- in the PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 89 Kensin-ton is the head-quarters of the shipbuilding interest in the city proper; though thereare tirst-dass 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 Philadelphia ^^ATthese yards are generally busy, the amount of shipbuilding done on the Delawareforminc. 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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