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Wawa railroad bridge, top
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. Bridge crossed Chester Creek; station stood south of Baltimore Pike near Station Rd. in Chester Heights, Pa.
Covered Bridge over Ridley Creek at Water Works
Date: 1900 (circa)
On reverse: Property of W. Somers Ford 1909.
Water Works Media, old, mill only, copy of old photograph
Date: 1899-12-03
This possibly shows the Mancill Mill on the water works property. Frank Lees, in his caption for this image on Photo Folder 1374 in the MHAC collection, identifies it as: "Ice House, Palmer's Ice Co., at Palmer's Dam, Ridley Creek at Baltimore Pike,…
Crook’s house
Date: 1895-1900
Henry Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (295), writes that the Pratt/Crooks house stood opposite Cumberland Cemetery on Middletown Road (Route 352).
Mancill Bridge, covered
Date: 1895 (circa)
Baltimore Pike crossing Ridley Creek at Elwyn Road, showing covered bridge. Ridley Creek at this location is the boundary between Upper Providence and Middletown townships.
Cutting ice on Palmer's Dam
Date: 1895 (circa)
In the old vernacular, a pond and a dam were synonymous. Palmer's Dam was located on Ridley Creek just north of Baltimore Pike, upstream of the Media Water Works. Copy of original photo; source not noted
Riddle's race
Date: 1894
The mill race is rejoining Chester Creek downstream of the Riddle’s Mill, near Glen Riddle. See AP-5183-2 for more information.
Riddle's mills
Date: 1894
According to Henry S. Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (1985), p. 120, this was originally a nail mill that Samuel Riddle converted to a textile mill after purchasing it in 1875. As late as 1983, the mill was occupied b the…
Wawa railroad station
Date: 1892-05
This station once stood south of Route 1 along Chester Creek on west side of creek.
Mancill’s Mill, Media Water Works
Date: 1891-11
Photo taken on same day as AP-4126; see case and coat in foreground of each image. Photo Folder 5036 has prints, one of them dated Nov. 1891. The Media high railroad bridge Is in background.
Mancill Bridge, covered, over Ridley Creek
Date: 1891 (circa)
Photo taken on same day as AP-4121: see case and coat in foreground of each. See Photo Folder 5036 with prints of these negatives, one dated Nov. 1891.
Ogden homestead
Date: 1890-1900
On the northwest corner of the intersection noted below, this house is still standing (2018). Henry Pearson, in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pa. (286), claims that part of the house was built in 1681.
Middletown trees
Date: 1890 (circa)
Huge trees, with horse and buggy between the trees; Deborah Appleton, photographer's wife, is in the buggy