Identifier: strangersillustr00phil (find matches)
Title: The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them
Year: 1876 (1870s)
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Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rs pass at Seventh, onesquare distant, and the Spruce Street cars from Fairmount and GraysFerry pass at Seventh Street within a square. From the south the carsof the Union line pass at Ninth and Walnut Streets, within two squares ;the Eighth Street cars pass at Eighth and Walnut, within one square,and the Fifth Street cars pass at Fifth and Walnut, one square distant.Washington Square was once a burial-place, a Potters Field. RAILROAD DEPOTS. The Baltimore Depot—that is, the Depot of the Philadelphia,Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad—is situated on South Broad Street,at Washington Avenue, and is reached by the cars on Thirteenth Street,which convey passengers to the entrance, by the cars on Twelfth Street,which pass at Carpenter Street two squares distant, and by the cars ofthe Union line going southward, which pass the building. Other linesrunning east and west exchange with the Thirteenth Street cars (farenine cents), and render the Depot accessible from all sections of thecity.
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RAILROAD DEPOTS. 89 Camden and Atlantic Railroad Depot. The Philadelphia De-pot of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad to Atlantic City is locatedat Vine Street Wharf, on the Delaware River, and connects by ferrywith the Depot at Camden. The Callowhill Street Railroad is the onlyline that conveys passengers direct to the Depot, but the railways run-ning north and south connect by exchange tickets (price nine cents) withthe Callowhill Street line, and thus render the Depot easily accessiblefrom all parts of the city. North Pennsylvania Railroad. The Depot of the North Penn-sylvania Railroad is situated at Berks and America Streets, in the north-ern section of the city, and is reached by the Third Street cars, by theFifth Street cars, and by the cars of the Union line (Richmond branch),all of which convey passengers to the immediate vicinity of the Depot.Lines of cars running east and west connect with the Third Street andFifth Street lines by exchange tickets (price nine cents). The time

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