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[Aerial photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad’s main line passing at street level through Bristol]
This photograph would have been taken on top of the Fire Company No. 2 building at Pond and Mulberry Streets. To the right is the southbound passenger station and opposite is the northbound station. There was a tunnel that connected the two buildings. The path of the railroad was moved and elevated near Beaver and Prospect Street. -
"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. -
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[Postcard: Pennsylvania Railroad prior to 1911 elevated tracks]
Photograph showing tracks that went through the Old Route 13 and Mill Street crossroad. There were four tracks that went through town. -
[Flag station of the Bristol Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, located on the north bound side of the tracks, opposite Leedom Carpet Mill located on Beaver Street]
Photograph taken prior to 1911 as the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was moved to its elevated location in 1911. People featured are unidentified. -
Postcard: "Pennsylvania R. R. Station, Bristol, Pa."
Bristol’s Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Prospect and Beaver Street opened November 1911, following the elevation of tracks through the town. Track level buildings had been removed and replaced by smaller covered waiting platforms. The ground level office was restored and has been a coffee/sandwich shop (2002) and a child care facility (2019). -
"New P.R.R. Bride [Bridge] over Otter Crick [Creek] Bristol PA."
P.R.R. Bridge over Otter Creek. This elevated portion of the railroad was made in 1910. The arched bridge allowed Otter Creek to flow beneath the tracks. The railroad above the arch had a water trough to allow steam engines to take on water. Below the railroad in the arch, was a heater to keep the water from freezing in the winter. The track in the lower portion was only a work track and was removed once the project was complete. -
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[Pennsylvania Passenger Railroad Station at Pond and Market Street]
This station was for north bound trains. A tunnel connected this to the station for south bound trains on the opposite side of the tracks. In 1911, the station was moved when the railroad tracks were elevated and moved to Beaver and Prospect Street. -
Postcard: "Delaware River Scene, Bristol, Pennsylvania"
P.A. Turnpike Bridge. Construction of the bridge over the Delaware River to connect the P.A. and N.J. Turnpikes was from October 1954 – November 1955 and opened in 1956 when P.A. Governor George Leader and N.J. Governor Robert Meyner spoke at the dedication. The Bristol High School Band and their counterpart from N.J. played for the occasion. -
[Bristol waterfront]
On the right, is the William Doron ferry boat in its dock. Visible is the King George II Inn/Delaware House and to its left, is the Bristol House. The Bristol Wharf is visible and to its left is a storage area at the wharf. -
Postcard: "Burlington-Bristol Bridge, Bristol, PA."
Burlington – Bristol Bridge opened in 1931, replacing the ferry service that was operated by William Doron. Photograph taken south of the bridge. Original ferry service started in 1681 by Samuel Clift. -
Postcard: "River Bank and Delaware River Bridge, Burlington, N. J."
Burlington Bristol Bridge from Burlington side. -
[P.A. Turnpike Bridge under construction]
Construction of the bridge over the Delaware River to connect the P.A. and N.J. Turnpikes was from October 1954 – November 1955 and opened in 1956 when P.A. Governor George Leader and N.J. Governor Robert Meyner spoke at the dedication. The Bristol High School Band and their counterpart from N.J. played for the occasion. -
[Pennsylvania Turnpike Bridge construction over Delaware River about to be joined]
The bridge opened in 1956 joining N.J. and P.A. Turnpikes. -
[Forge Bridge in the snow with the Grundy Mill in the background]
The concrete Forge Bridge allowing Beaver Street to pass over the Delaware Canal was constructed in 1928, replacing the previous wooden bridge. On the left of the photograph is a one-story building where an iron forge stood; hence the name of the bridge. The tall white factory beyond the bridge is the Grundy Worsted Mill. The tan stone building behind the bridge is the factory that was built to manufacture wallpaper and later became Landreth Seed Packing and Williamson Radio Co. This section of the canal has since been filled in and the bridge was removed in 1960. -
[Lock #3, formerly perpendicular to Market Street]
Just visible behind the tall trees is the next lock keeper’s house for Lock #4. -
[Delaware Canal from the Forge Bridge at Beaver Street, looking north toward Washington Street]
In the background is the Grundy Worsted Mill and powerhouse. On the right, is the Stoneback Lumber Mill. This section of the canal has since been filled in and made into a park area. -
[Lock #4 that was behind the railroad freight station (Grundy Tower apartment complex 2019)]
The houses on the left are located on Buckley Street. There is a lock tender’s house near the lock. -
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"53515 Falls of the Canal Dam, Bristol, Pa."
Overflow went back into Maple Beach. Located behind Grand Theater building on Mill Street. -
[Lock # 4 behind the railroad freight station (Grundy Towers apartment complex as of 2019)]
The wider area of water is the site of present (2019) Snyder-Girotti Elementary School built in 1956. -
[Forge Bridge at Beaver and Canal Street, a one lane, wooden bridge over Canal]
This was later replaced by a concrete bridge, followed by the filling in of this section of the canal.
Tucker Gross is child sitting alone on brick wall. Others unidentified. -
"Bristol Lock, PA"
Lock # 1 at exit of Canal from canal basin in Bristol.
From Martha Capwell-Fox, National Canal Museum: “This is the tide lock, not Lock 1.” -
[Boat “Blue Bell” at two-mile lock]
According to a mule chart, the two-mile point is in the Edgely area of Bristol Township, north of Bristol. -
[One of the bridges that crossed the Delaware Canal, which operated between 1830 and 1931]
This exact bridge is not identified.
[According to local historians judging the landscape, this bridge was likely in southern Bucks County at the lower end of the canal.] -
[Lock tender’s house on the Delaware Canal at Bristol]
Believed to be the second lock, beyond the tidal lock at the river (lock #3) located at the foot of Market Street in Bristol. -
[Delaware Canal, estimated in northern Bucks County]
Photograph likely taken after 1931 when commercial traffic on the canal ceased and personal craft used the canal. -
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[Delaware Canal, estimated in northern Bucks County]
Photograph likely taken after 1931 when commercial traffic on the canal ceased and personal craft used the canal. -
[Top: Canal Lock #3, looking north, Bottom: Lock #2 looking south]
Top: Lock #3, looking north towards the site of the Warren Snyder Elementary School (circa the time of the school’s construction). In the distance, on the right, is Leedom’s Carpet Mill water tower and in the far distance (center) is the Grundy Mill clock tower and power house smoke stack.
Bottom: Canal Lock # 2 looking south toward Mill Street Bridge. This was in 1956 when the abandoned canal was being filled in. Photographs courtesy of Ed Levy. -
Postcard: "View of Otter Creek, Bristol, Pa."
Addressed to "Miss Elizabeth Hartzell, Salfordville, Montg. Co. Pa." Stamped Bristol, May 18, 1908. -
[Installation of Michael Dougherty statue at the Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
The sculptor, James Gafgen, is seen wiping off the newly mounted statue. Others unidentified. The statue was dedicated May 12, 2001 following Mass at Saint Mark Church and appropriate graveside ceremonies at his grave behind the church. The artist was from Morrisville.
Mr. Dougherty died at age 86 in 1930. Michael Dougherty was born in 1844 in Ireland and emigrated to the U.S. In 1861 he volunteered for the Union Army in the Civil War. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1897. His diary of his time in the army included detailed accounts of time spent in three prisons and his narrow escape from drowning when a riverboat, returning 2,400 former Union prisoners, exploded and sank. Only 900 survived. -
[Part of the Delaware Canal Lagoon Park after its restoration in 1996-1997]
Park decorated for Easter. -
[Photograph of wooden bridge under construction at Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
This wooden bridge replaced the original cement bridge that fell into disrepair. Part of the lagoon restoration project during 1996-1997. -
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[Photograph of wooden bridge under construction at Delaware Canal Lagoon Park]
This wooden bridge replaced the original cement bridge that fell into disrepair. Part of the lagoon restoration project during 1996-1997. -
"Grundy Park--Bristol PA."
Delaware Canal Lagoon Park. It was built about 1920 with a concrete, arched bridge connecting the island in the photograph’s center. To the right is Jefferson Avenue and former Grundy Mill (out of view). In 1997-98, the lagoon was restored, a wooden bridge replaced the deteriorating cement bridge, and landscaping was completed. The photographer would have stood on the railroad embankment adjacent to the lagoon in taking this image. A columned gazebo on the end of the island to the left is not visible and may not have been constructed when the photograph was taken. -
Postcard: "[Senator] Grundy's Park, Bristol, PA."
Delaware Canal Lagoon Park in Bristol next to the Grundy Mill.
Inscription on back of postcard reads: "Dear Daddy, I'm out in Newportville, Buck [sic] Co., Pa. at Helen's home. Gee, it's beautiful out here. Your lovely letter was rec'vd yesterday. Love, Mary." Addressed to "Mr. James S. Brennan, 424 Locust Ave., Centralia, Penna." Stamped Newportville July 16, 1930. -
"Cochran Lock, Bristol, Pa., Back of Grundy's Tower"
Delaware Canal Lock #4 and lock keeper’s house that was occupied by the Cochran family, who operated the lock. Canal in active use from 1830-1931. -
[South gate of Delaware Canal Lock #4 and lock keeper's house [Cochran House] that was located approximately behind the current Grundy Tower building (as of 2019)]
Note sheds for mules that held approximately 40 mules. A large fire around 1920 destroyed the mule sheds. Approximately 20 mules and one baby were found in remnants of fire. -
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[Mill Street parking lot]
The foot of Pond Street is on the left side of the photograph. The Mill Street parking lot was formerly the basin of the Delaware Canal. In the lower portion of the photograph, is stone in the road representing the original site of Lock #2. -
[Overflow falls from the canal located just north of Lock # 1]
This was located behind the theater building originally called the Forrest Theater and later The Grand Theater. The water flowed past the old sewage plant into the Otter Creek Marsh area. -
[Otter Creek Marsh, a rare example of a freshwater tidal wetland]
This preserve has a number of rare plants and home for a variety of fish, animals, and birds. Preservation of the marsh was started in the 1980s. It is located adjacent to the Mill Street parking lot, which had formerly served as the Canal Basin for the Delaware Canal. -
