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Rediscovering The Dead Fleet Of The Delaware River
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Rediscovering The Dead Fleet Of The Delaware River

The ships of the “Dead Fleet” at Pier 78 rise at low tide from their watery graves in the Delaware River. It’s a curious sight, recalling a time when the riverbanks thrummed with a booming maritime industry. Philadelphia shipping historian Robert McNulty takes us on a salty voyage to uncover the backstory of South Philadelphia’s ghost ship graveyard

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Demolished Buildings of 2011, Part One

Monastery of St. Clare, Shawmont Pumping Station, Crompton and Knowles Loom Works, Orinoka Mills, and Cramp Turret and Machine Shop: RIP

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Wish You Were Here

As 2011 comes to a close, we’re taking a look at some of the buildings that got demolished this year. First up, the Cramp Turret and Machine Shop in Fishtown, a majestic industrial building that was the historic Cramp Shipyard’s last surviving structure


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