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"P.R.R. Bristol PA."
One of the steam-powered shovels used to dig and load dirt and rocks used to create the embankment being constructed to support the altered route of the Pennsylvania Railroad through Bristol (1910-1911). Small work steam engines pulled the cars where they were unloaded to create the embankment. -
"P.R.R. Bristol PA."
Construction of the PA Railroad raised embankment through Bristol. -
"P.R.R. Bristol PA"
Construction of the railroad bridges on the elevated line (1910-1911) through Bristol. -
"P.R.R. Bristol, PA"
Photograph taken during the construction of the elevated railroad at Bristol (1910-1911). -
"P.R.R. Freight Yards, Bristol, PA."
Former PA Railroad freight station. It was facing Pond and Mulberry Streets. The photographer was standing on Beaver Street. Photograph must have been taken before 1927 due to the current (2019) municipal building is missing. Where the freight station is standing is now, the Grundy Towers apartment complex was built in the 1970s. At the bottom of the photograph is the site the Snyder-Girotti Elementary School was built on. -
"Personnel of the Keystone Aircraft Inc. Bristol, PA"
Take off of aerial advertising plane in background.
Written on back of photograph: "R. H. Rienman."
Stamped on back of photograph: "The Nichols Studio, 112 Wood St., Bristol, PA." -
"Radcliffe St. Bristol PA."
Radcliffe Street facing south from Franklin Street. The store house on the left is presently the Galzerano Funeral Home. Beyond that is the Bristol Water Works with a lower chimney and standpipes for water which was 152 feet high. The company was organized in 1874 and a filter for water purification was added in 1906. The trolley tracks were in operation between 1900 and 1932. -
"Standard Cast Iron & Pipe Foundry, Radcliffe Street, Bristol Pennsylvania"
Foundry was located on the site of the future Merchant Shipyard compound. The foundry company erected houses in the vicinity for workers. That village was called “Foundry Town” and was located along streets at the time named Hayes, Cleveland, and McKinley. Houses were divided into three price classes, with Hayes having the lowest priced and McKinley having the most expensive. The business operated between 1906 and 1916 when the shipyard moved onto the site. -
“3380--Scene at a launching Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Hull #3 Watonwan in dry dock ready to be christened. -
["Forge Bridge" over Delaware Canal]
Concrete Bridge over the Delaware Canal built in 1929 to replace the original wooden bridge built in 1827. It was called "Forge Bridge" named for an iron forge on Beaver Street. Beaver Street crossed the bridge. The concrete bridge was removed in 1960. Leedon Carpet Mill water tower is on the right. The building in the center was originally a wallpaper factory. It is now called Canal Works, a building with offices and artist studios. -
[“Open House” tour at Badenhausen Division of Riley Stoker Corporation, Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township]
Photograph marked "welder area." -
[Aerial photograph of former Merchant Shipyard, at time of photograph Keystone Aircraft occupied the location]
Hangar located bottom right, housed the “Seabird” construction, Keystone’s seaplanes. -
[Aircraft plant and field on Green Lane]
This was one of three locations for the factory. It later became the 3-M Plant, part of Minnesota, Mining & Manufacturing makers of "Scotch Tape." The main office and plant were on Radcliffe Street in the former shipyard location. -
[Aircraft]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese."
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[American Telegraph and Telephone Co. wagon]
Exact location of photograph unknown. Men unidentified. -
[Art Schick, Procurement Supervisor]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna."
Photograph was used in "Fleetwings News" February edition, page 4. "This is Fleetwings (a) layout to come," written on back. -
[Assembly Plant 1]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penn." -
[Badenhausen Division of Riley Stoker Corporation, part of an “Open House” tour at the Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township location]
According to back of photograph, Jim Tullio was in charge of this unit. -
[Baldwin Southwark Press, 2500 ton. Plant 1 when Kaiser moved in to make automobile parts]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Bill Engle, chief test pilot (in dark trousers), standing in front of the Seabird at Fleetwings]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
[Boiler workers of Badenhausen Division of Riley Stoker Corporation, Cornwells Heights, Bensalem Township]
Bill Grow Jr., center, and his son talking with Forster Grow of Bristol. -
[Bolton Mansion]
The Bolton Mansion and farm was established in 1687 by Phineas Pemberton, an associate of William Penn. -
[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.