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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LJ3_pottsgrove-manor_Pottstown-PA.html
Built in 1752 by John Potts (1710-1768), ironmaster & founder of Pottstown. The manor was located at the center of a 1,000 acre plantation that included the town, an iron forge, gristmills, and other businesses by 1762. The town was incorporated 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXK_graham-post-no-106-g-a-r-civil-war-memorial_Pottstown-PA.html
Erectedby Graham Post No. 106,Grand Army of the RepublicJuly 4, 1879to commemorate the services of those whodefended the nationin the Civil Warof1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFT7_weitzenkorns-clothiers_Pottstown-PA.html
Abraham Weitzenkorn was born in Leitmar, Germany. He came to America at the age of 17, settled in Pottstown, and began his trade as a peddler. A favorite of his patrons, he prospered and in 1864 started a business at 108 S. Hanover St. Keep in min…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFT5_pottstown-brewing-co_Pottstown-PA.html
In 1886, Joseph M. Selinger moved his brewery from a stone building about a mile from Pottstown at Glasgow to a three story brick building at High & Manatawny Sts. near the "Barn Houses" that were built on the foundation of the stables for The Red…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSZ_pottsgrove-manor_Pottstown-PA.html
In November of 1751, John Potts, iron master and merchant, entered into an indenture to purchase two tracts of land from Samuel McCall, Jr. and his wife Anne. This land, situated at the confluence of the Manatawny Creek and the Schuylkill River, c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSX_the-potts-family-burial-ground_Pottstown-PA.html
From our earliest times, the cemeteries of Pottstown have been for the most part associated with churches. The original Sprogell burying ground was an exception, as was that of the Potts, Rutter and Hobart families (although this cemetery was in a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSV_philadelphia-steam-engine-fire-co-1_Pottstown-PA.html
After a series of bad fires in 1870, Borough Council recognized the need for a local fire company and sent representatives to Philadelphia to purchase their first piece of equipment, a hand drawn pumper apparatus, from the Philadelphia Fire Compan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFS2_the-peco-building_Pottstown-PA.html
On February 19, 1889, the Pottstown Light, Heat & Power Co., located on Queen St. west of Penn St., along the railroad tracks, brought electricity to Pottstown. That night, High St. was illuminated by a series of 2000 candlepower arc lights. The f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFS0_freight-station-aaa-east-penn_Pottstown-PA.html
Pottstown's growing importance as a regional manufacturing center prompted the Reading Co. to upgrade its facilities here in the 1920's. On the 26th of December in 1924, the Reading Co. revealed plans for the construction of a new $1,000,000 passe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR5_first-iron-bridge_Pottstown-PA.html
The first iron truss bridge in the U.S. was built in 1845 in the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad blacksmith shop, just south of here. It was designed for the railroad in 1844 by Richard B. Osborne.