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Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

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Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.

Palmers Mill and Dam at Crum Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08040B.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
See also P-08008 and P-08009. This property is now beneath Springton Reservoir.

Covered bridge over Ridley Creek at Sycamore Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-08042.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Collapse of covered bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Crum Creek at Victoria Plush Mills

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10001.jpg
Date: 1913-04
The Plush Mill Bridge collapsed April 20, 1913, when an 18-ton steamroller was crossing and crashed through the floor. See Chester Times, April 21, 1913 and a March 13, 1914 article about the lawsuit that ensued. Frank Lees caption: "Trolley…

Victoria Plush Mill

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Date: 1917 (circa)

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003B.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

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Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

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Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003E.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

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Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003G.jpg
Date: 1898-12

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003K.jpg
Date: 1906 (circa)

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003L.jpg
Date: 1906 (circa)

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10003M.jpg
Date: 1910 (circa)

Victoria Plush Mill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10008.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
Copy of original photo; source not noted

Victoria Plush Mill and vicinity, looking northeast

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-10027.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)

Aerial view of Glenolden, Pa.

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Location: Glenolden (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
intersection of Chester Pike and South Avenue and what is now SEPTA/Amtrak railroad line, Glenolden, showing campus of Mulford Biological Laboratories (part of Sharp and Dome).

Aerial view Glenolden, Pa. and vicinity

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18044.jpg
Location: Glenolden (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
View shows Mulford Biological Laboratories (part of Sharp & Dome ) near the intersection of Chester Pike and South Avenue.

551. Industry. Darby.

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Location: Darby (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
According to newspaper research, Saha Manufacturing Co. was located on Springfield Road near MacDade Boulevard., or MacDade and Chestnut Street. Exact location is uncertain..

572. Highway. Industrial Highway, Eddystone.

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Location: Eddystone (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Exact location uncertain; somewhere along PA-291.

583. Parking. Bethel Court Redevelopment, 3rd and Market, Chester

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Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1955-08
Scott Paper is in the background; the water tower resembles a roll of "Soft Weve" toilet tissue. Market Street is now Avenue of the States. Third street no longer intersects this street. Location uncertain.

646. Industry. Curtis Publishing Co., Sharon Hill

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18158.jpg
Date: 1955 (circa)
This building now (2020) in an enlarged industrial park, houses the Delaware County Community College - Southeast Center.

741. Industry. Newtown Square

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18163.jpg
Date: 1956 (circa)
Location uncertain.

DC2. Debris and culm filled area, Darby Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18181.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked 'Duplicate;" unsure of orientation. Image may be flipped. Exact location uncertain.

017. Stream and factory with smokestack

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18213.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.