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March Against Monsanto – Philadelphia, PA

Posted on May 25, 2014 by admin

According to protest organizers, “It is official everyone.On Saturday, May 24th March Against Monsanto Philadelphia will be at Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market . We will march through the streets of Philadelphia at the markets close (MARCH AT 3PM) !! I just got off the phone with Bob Pierson founder and director of Farm to City and he is delighted to have us. He informed me that the market is 100% non-gmo with a concentration on organic and local foods. March Against Monsanto Philly and GMO Free PA will have free information and GMO-Free swag available to the public fro 9am to 3pm. Food not bombs will be feeding the masses for free from 12 noon until we march. The march will start at 3pm and the march route will weave through center city as we distribute thousands of flyers to the sheeple. The march will end in Love Park with a moment of love and solidarity for all the awareness we have inspired!”

Historic Shawmont Station

Posted on May 23, 2014 by admin

Historic Shawmont Station in Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA.

1850 - Flat Rock Bridge — 1850 – Flat Rock Bridge

1857 - Inventor, Thomas Shaw — 1857 – Inventor, Thomas Shaw

1909 - Shawmont Station, 1914 — 1909 – Shawmont Station, 1914

1916 - Canal locks at Flat Rock Dam — 1916 – Canal locks at Flat Rock Dam

1940 - Recreational boating along the canal — 1940 – Recreational boating along the canal

1950 - Reading Railroad's Shamokin Express passing Shawmont — 1950 – Reading Railroad’s Shamokin Express passing Shawmont

1960 - Pennsylvania Railroad's Shawmont Station (demolished) — 1960 – Pennsylvania Railroad’s Shawmont Station (demolished)

1991 - Shawmont's waiting room — 1991 – Shawmont’s waiting room

2008 - Shawmont Station today — 2008 – Shawmont Station today

2013 - Inside Shawmont Station — 2013 – Inside Shawmont Station

2014 - What Shawmont Station may have looked like as a country home in 1826 — 2014 – What Shawmont Station may have looked like as a country home in 1826

1826: Nathan Nathan's house — 1826: Nathan Nathan’s house

1832 - Baldwin's "Old Ironsides" — 1832 – Baldwin’s “Old Ironsides”

1833 - 1st Railroad Bridge Over Wissahickon Creek — 1833 – 1st Railroad Bridge Over Wissahickon Creek

Manayunk's first train station from 1834 — Manayunk’s first train station from 1834

1827 - Schuylkill Navigation Co. Map — 1827 – Schuylkill Navigation Co. Map

Shawmont Station

Posted on May 13, 2014 by admin

The Roxborough, Wissahickon and Manayunk Historical Society of Philadelphia has been documenting the history of the Shawmont Station.

1826 — After returning from England, Architect, William Strickland writes his “Reports on Canals, Railways, Roads, and Other Subjects”, made to the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement. The Schuylkill Navigation Company completes laying their Schuylkill Turnpike between Domino Lane in Roxborough and Montgomery County, previously known as The Pebble Road. Nathan Nathans builds his vacation home on a small section of land between the Schuylkill Turnpike and Towpath, close to the Schuylkill River.