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[Box car filled with refrigerators for Clarence W. Winter’s store on Mill Street at Wood Street]
This was at the Pennsylvania Railroad freight yard at Pond and Mulberry Streets. Clarence Winter attended Bristol Borough schools. He and his friend Charles Strumfels went fishing in the Delaware River near Bristol in 1914. They caught a fish weighing 330 pounds and was 8 feet 6 inches long. The roe of the fish sold for $200 to a New York City restaurant. Clarence Winter operated a store at Mill and Wood Streets that sold kitchen appliances. He also sold Buick cars in a building behind the Mill Street store. -
Postcard: "Penna. R. R. Station Bristol, PA."
This is the Pennsylvania Railroad station at the elevated rail line, which opened in 1911. Riders purchased tickets at ground level and ascended steps to the tracks. An elevator was available, but was used for large freight. Previously, the trains were at street level parallel to Pond Street. This station is at Prospect and Beaver Street. -
"Main Line Penna. R.R. and Leedom Mills, Bristol, Pa. 1907"
PA Railroad main line through Bristol, taken at the corner of Walnut, Beaver, and Pond Streets. Leedom Carpet Mill on the left was later replaced by the Grundy Ice Rink. -
[Postcard: Steel’s Mill]
Handwritten inscription on back: “Anna Gross. I will send some more to all of you as soon as I can. This is the Mill Bert and I work in. from Margaret.”
Located along the former path of the PA Railroad before it was elevated. Purchased after 1887, the mill manufactured men’s worsted fabrics. The mill was located between Washington and Lafayette Street along the canal. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad switcher 0-6-0B]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad #7810 (jackshaft) electric, designed for Manhattan transfer through tubes under the Hudson River to New York City]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad 2-8-0 H small freight engine built at Altoona, PA]
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad 2-8-0 H Steam Engine light freight]
Square tops “Belparie” boiler.
Photographed by William Grow of Bristol. -
[Switcher engine (0-6-0 B) of the Pennsylvania Railroad taken in the Morrisville yard]
This train was mainly for freight use. Freight Engine photograph taken by William Grow, 6/60 Morrisville Yard. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad steamer for fast passenger runs]
Often double headed. Over 450 engines were built. Taken in the Morrisville yard by William Grow 6/60. Most popular Engine K-4 4-6-2. -
[Most popular Engine, K-4 4-6-2]
Taken in Morrisville, PA yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Freight Engine 4-8-2 M]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[4-4-2 E class passenger engine that went from station to station (such as Croydon to Bristol)]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Passenger Engine-Local 4-4-0 E class]
Taken in Morrisville Yard by William Grow 6/60. -
[Pennsylvania R.R. passenger engine, traded to the New Jersey seashore]
4-4-2 E. Freight Engine.
Photograph taken by William Grow 6/60 Morrisville Yard. -
[A 2-8-2 L class freight engine "which was quite fast"]
The photograph was taken by William Grow of Bristol at the Morrisville Freight yard. -
[10 Wheel Drive Freight (2-10-O I)]
Taken in Morrisville yard by William Grow. -
[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
From Harold & Carol Mitchener: "This was probably the blizzard on March 14, 1914. Transportation was paralyzed. Eighty mile-per-hour winds caused havoc. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. Note the stalled train." -
[Pennsylvania Railroad at Bristol during a blizzard]
Photo believed to have been taken opposite the present Harriman Station of Bristol near Taft and Barry Place. This storm was the worst since the blizzard of 1888. There were 127 poles blown across the tracks between Bristol and North Philadelphia. Telephone service was off, and river and trolley service stopped. The former Bristol Patent Leather Company would have been located behind the trains in the picture. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” at Bristol, PA. From this view, Grundy Tower, a senior citizen housing apartment complex is visible. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” along Spurline Park, located opposite the town municipal building--Pond and Mulberry Streets. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” in Bristol, PA opposite the Municipal Building at Pond and Mulberry Streets. Pennsylvania Railroad’s main route between 1834 and 1910 passed here. In 1910-1911, the line was moved and elevated through the town. This is now about ½ mile north of this spot. The area behind had been the freight yard. In the distance is the town’s public elementary school. There is an approximately 30-50 feet of track left as part of the memorial. Spurline Park runs the length of the town on the ground occupied the last spur line of the railroad at street level. The Lincoln Sign” is along that route. -
[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Abraham Lincoln historical marker in Bristol]
“Lincoln Sign” located at Spurline Park. -
[Steel’s Mill, negative]
Located along the former path of the PA Railroad before it was elevated. Purchased after 1887, the mill manufactured men’s worsted fabrics. The mill was located between Washington and Lafayette Streets along the canal. -
[Postcard: Leedom Mill in background with original Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at Beaver Street]
"Photocard by Spiratone" written on back of postcard. -
[Rohm and Haas Chemical Company aerial photograph]
The Pennsylvania Railroad crosses the photo. The white water tower on the upper right is next to the Lower Bucks County Hospital (opened in 1954). On the upper left is an underpass at the elevated railroad under which Route 413 passes. Schmidt’s Greenhouses (1895-2013) are in a diagonal line between the water tower and the freight train. -
Postcard: "Main Street, Bristol, Pa." [Mill Street]
Main Street (Mill Street) looking towards the Delaware River. There are electric trolley tracks down the middle of Mill Street. The trolley was used between 1900-1932. This trolley ran from Philadelphia via Bristol to Morrisville. Bus transportation replaced the trolley in 1933. -
[Tracks marking the area near where President-elect Abraham Lincoln’s train stopped in 1861]
Lincoln was on his way to Washington D.C. for the inauguration. He addressed the crowd from the train’s observation platform. Four years later, a crown stood silently to watch his funeral train. The track is located opposite Borough Hall in Bristol Borough. -
[Aerial photograph of Bristol Borough]
At the bottom is U.S. Route 13. Across the top, parallel to Route 13, are the four, elevated tracks of the former Pennsylvania Railroad between Philadelphia and New York. The streets perpendicular to the railroad with underpasses are (left to right): Beaver Street just out of view, Corson Street, and Pine Street.