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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
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BRIDGE AT VALLEY GREEN. The next point of interest is the stone bridge at Valley Green, andhalf a mile beyond this is the first public drinking-fountain e ected inPhiladelphia. It was placed here in 1854, and was the precursor of anumerous and beneficial following. A mile and a half of rugged scenery ensues, terminating in the opensunlight and beautiful landscapes of Chestnut Hill, where the end ofthe Park is reached. Watson, in his Annals of Philadelphia, speaks thus of The Wis-sahickon : This romantic creek and scenery, now so much visited and familiarto many, was not long since an extremely wild, unvisited place, to illus-trate which I give these facts, to wit: Enoch and Jacob Rittenhouse,
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u8 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. residents there, told me in 1845 that when they were boys the placehad many pheasants ; that they snared a hundred of them in a season ;they also got many partridges. The creek had many excellent fish,such as large sunfish and perch. The summer wild ducks came thereregularly, and were shot often; also, some winter ducks. They thenhad no visitors from the city, and only occasionally from Germantown.There they lived quietly and retired; now all is public and bustling,—all is changed ! • ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. The Zoological Garden, one of the most attractive resorts withinthe environs of Philadelphia, is situated on the west side of the Schuyl

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