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Identifier: philadelphiaitse00jb (find matches)
Title: Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: J.B. Lippincott & Co
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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SEMINARY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO. however, as a specimen of the architecture in this part of the city, a view of the residenceof Thomas MacKellar, at Germantown. The Old York Road, too, running through PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. the northwestern part of the city, passes through a beautiful rolling country studded withelegant country-seats, of which one of the finest—that of R. J. Dobbins—is shown in ourillustration. Once an hour a car starts from the depot of the Second and Third Streets line at Richmond,and runs to Bridesburg. The ride from Richmond to Bridesburg is made in forty minutes,the route lying through a pleasant country, filled with country-seats and small farms, andhaving the Delaware for a boundary the entire distance. The car stops within a short dis-
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CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL. tance of the Frankford Arsenal, belonging to the United States Government. It is open tovisitors during the day; but it is best to visit it during the forenoon, as the shops close at4 P.M., and the length of time consumed in reaching it leaves a very small margin for sight-seeing in the afternoon. The visitor crosses a little bridge, over Frankford Creek, the boundary-line betweenBridesburg and Frankford, walks up a well-paved sidewalk along the wall of the Arsenal,and a polite officer on duty at the gate directs him to the office, where a pass to visit theshops is given him. The grounds are open, and he may wander at will along the paths. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS, 103

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