Saturday, September 15, 2012

Brougham Carriage





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brougham_(carriage)





                         1204 Frankford  Ave., Phila.                      Google Maps



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Sunday, September 9, 2012

DRB 1924

Philadelphia Camden Bridge under construction - 1924

https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A61639



Wharve, N Delaware Ave - Phila - Base of Camden/Phila Bridge under construction - 1924




Wharves, N Delaware Ave, BF Bridge under construction - 1924





Wharves, N Delaware Ave, Railroad Siding, Phila 1924








Area west of N Delaware Av, Phila, 1924


Bridge under construction, wharves, N Delaware Av, 1924


St. Tammany Flagpole (center) area west of N Delaware Av Phila - 1924





Construction roadway to Phila/Camden Bridge - 1924


RCA Victor factory, Camden waterfront, 1924



Camden Wharf, Campbell's Soups Advertising, 1924


Camden base Phila/Camden Bridge under construction, 1924





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Friday, September 7, 2012

Penn Treaty - Pier 57 North – 1916/1920




Recreation Pier






Fancy Proposed Plans for Penn Treaty Pier 57 North - 1916 - combining the idea of a working pier with a mixed use recreational use below.




But Penn Treaty Park does not always get a full share of attention even back then, PECO wanting to plow it under into just to add another coal chute into the power plant etc. (link above).












Thursday, September 6, 2012

West Shipyard







(Fig.82) Illustration of the Clairbois (style) Slip - (Honor Sebastien Vial Du Clairbois, French, 1733-1816 – Treatise on Naval Architecture)