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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXL_lock-no-2_Bristol-PA.html
ProgressCanal boats continued to pass through Bristol for years after the Pennsylvania Railroad built a line nearby. Progress, in the form of the Railroad undermined the business of the Canal and led to the eventual demolition of its channel, lock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MU5_abraham-lincoln_Bristol-PA.html
On Feb. 21, 1861, the train carrying the President-elect from Springfield, Ill., to his Inauguration in Washington, D.C., stopped briefly near this point. Mr. Lincoln appeared on the rear platform and spoke to the assembled crowd, estimated at mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16JN_life-along-the-canal_Bristol-PA.html
"We used to trade a lot along the canal, people who had vegetables and things, we'd give them coal and they'd give us cabbages, tomatoes and things like that. Then there were lock tenders whose wives made good bread. We'd give them coal for bread.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16J3_pvt-michael-dougherty_Bristol-PA.html
Irish Immigrant-Civil War VeteranBristol ResidentBorn in Donegal, Ireland May 10, 1844, Michael Dougherty came to Bristol in 1858. In August of 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army as a Private in Company B, 13th Cavalry, Pennsylvania 117th Voluntee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML0K_columbus-500-celebration_Bristol-PA.html
This monument was erected by the citizens of the 140th legislative district in tribute to Christopher Columbus and those who followed him to America.
CelebrationWe celebrate the 500th anniversary of the 1st voyage of Christopher Columbus, whose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYI_replica-of-the-spanish-garitas_Bristol-PA.html
This monument is a replica of the Spanish Garitas, or guardhouses, that lined the fortsof San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is dedicated tothe Puerto Rican people who have madetheir homes in Bristol.
In March of 1509 a shipcarrying Juan Ponce de Leon …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYC_harriet-ross-tubman_Bristol-PA.html
Harriet Tubman escaped from slaveryin 1849. She fled to Philadelphia where, as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, shemade 19 sorties into the South, liberatingover 300 slaves. Ms. Tubman also servedas a spy and nurse for the Union Armyduring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXN_canal-office_Bristol-PA.html
"A quiet little village at the southern end of the canal suddenly awakened to find itself a teaming river port swarming with canal boats, boatmen, mules, and river and coastal boats of all sorts."C.P. YoderDelaware Canal Journal
Bristol BoomsTh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX2_the-tidal-lock_Bristol-PA.html
"Coal boats consigned to Philadelphia and adjacent ports were assembled in the river outside the tide lock in rows of up to twenty-one boats, three abreast, to be taken down the river by steamboats. The departure of these tows was scheduled to tak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKX0_the-basin_Bristol-PA.html
[parts of quote illegible] "T___ ___ seemed to be a solid mass of boats."W.H. ____Mule ____
WaitingThe five acre Bristol Basin provided a place to wait. Located between Lock No. 1 and the Tidal Lock, the Basin stored boats waiting to continue o…