. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . of Philadelphia. WilliamPenn was hospitably entertained here whenon his way to found his future city; and heit was who changed its name to Chester, tooblige his friend Pearson, who came fromChester, in England. The city now is a thriving, energetic, work-aday place, which bears lightly the burdenof its years. John Roach & Sons extensiveshipyard, which covers twenty-three acres,and is adapted to building vessels of everydescription and of the largest size, is locatedhere, and has done much to give the place anactive bus
. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . of Philadelphia. WilliamPenn was hospitably entertained here whenon his way to found his future city; and heit was who changed its name to Chester, tooblige his friend Pearson, who came fromChester, in England. The city now is a thriving, energetic, work-aday place, which bears lightly the burdenof its years. John Roach & Sons extensiveshipyard, which covers twenty-three acres,and is adapted to building vessels of everydescription and of the largest size, is locatedhere, and has done much to give the place anactive business air. There are also other large industrial works, anctional interests of the place are well attended to,to the ever-present common schools, by the Military Instituteand Crozier Theological Seminary, both of which appear inour illustrations. At Lamokin, the next station below Chester, the Phila-delphia and Baltimore Central Railroad branches off andopens up a picturesque back country, striking the Susque-hanna midway between the State line and Port Deposit, Md.,.
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