Aerial View, Cramp shipyard and Port Richmond area

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Aerial View, Cramp shipyard and Port Richmond area

Item Info

Item No: pdch00237
Title: Aerial View, Cramp shipyard and Port Richmond area
Creation Date: 12/7/1953
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins.  Notes on the negative's envelope read:  "Dec 7, 1953, aerial views, PortRicjmond shipping center and Cramp ship yard, including Richmond area"

This December 7, 1953, image shows an aerial view of the Port Richmond area of North Philadelphia.  At the bottom is the network of cargo train lines for shipping acitivity on the Delaware River.


Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.119967
Geocode Latitude:39.974868

Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer