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Bridesburg

Bridesburg

Hardcover

Regional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 153162104X
ISBN13: 9781531621049
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Aug 25 2004
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Bridesburg is located on a bend in the Delaware River in northeast Philadelphia, at the mouth of the old Frankford Creek. Traveling north on the river, the bend gives the illusion of a point of land projecting out into the water, hence the early Colonial name Point-No-Point. In 1800, Joseph Kirkbride envisioned a community at the mouth of Frankford Creek and purchased a large farm for his plan. He laid out lots and roads and operated a ferry across the creek, and with the passing of time, the village reached southward toward Philadelphia. Originally called Kirkbridesburg, the people dropped the Kirk and Bridesburg was born.

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