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Bridge over Ridley Creek, the west entrance to Media, Del. Co., Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-05058.jpg
Date: 1890 (circa)
This bridge carried Baltimore Pike over the creek. The small inlet and large pond are part of the Media Water Works.

Covered Bridge over Ridley Creek at Water Works

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01094.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
On reverse: Property of W. Somers Ford 1909.

Cutting ice on Palmer's Dam

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01189.jpg
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

Group posed at the site of new bridge carrying Baltimore Pike over Ridley Creek.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01171.jpg
Date: 1946-1948
Caption on reverse, probably left to right: Sgt. Francis X. Kelly, Pennsylvania State Police; ?, Francis Gray, Tom Pension, ? Harbold, Walter Strine, Frank Snear

Mancill Bridge, covered

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5225.jpg
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.

Mancill Bridge, covered, over Ridley Creek

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4126.jpg
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.