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| Keywords: 1920 Philadelphia and Columbia.jpg s of these locations as they existed in 1920 may no longer be accurate A South slope still traceable of embankment on curve leading from Columbia Bridge east of Junction Railway toward the Inclined Plane B On east side of Junction Railway looking west toward that Railway - End of square stringer or tie with long round iron ball bent to a semicircle - Square stone block - These two perhaps in place C Stone tie and three pairs of square stone blocks at south corner of row of dwellings CE Line of inclined plane well marked by excavation and embankment filled with undergrowth but without notable relics Park trolley line occupies stretch D-E F Remains of double track on curve just south of Park trolley track south of Junction station East track on stone stringers; west track on square stone blocks Detached pair of square stone blocks in place near by indicating curve to the right Stringers in vicinity out of place Long grass cut and earth covering removed by order of Mr Alan Carson Chief Engineer to Park Commission G South side of Midvale Ave opposite Methodist Home for the Aged Double track as in F but on tangent HJ From H to J the Columbia R R line followed the present line of Conshohocken State Road now Conshohocken Ave The stone blocks were thrown to the south side of the new highway where they still remain in a line marked by trees and shrubbery JK From J to K the Columbia R R line kept to the west of Conshohocken Ave in part of this distance being directly over the present tracks of the Schuylkill Division of the Pennsylvania R R K East and west slopes of side-hill cuts on east side of excavation of Schuylkill Division Pennsylvania R R and south of highway bridge carrying Montgomery Ave over said division Blue print furnished by Pennsylvania R R Company engineer office shows center line of Columbia R R crossing center line of Schuylkill Division Pennsylvania R R in axis of said highway bridge and near the middle of its length KL From K the Columbia R R line seems to have followed the present line of Bala Ave to about where it now crosses Bryn Mawr Ave Thence it followed a tangent to a point in the rear of the present house of the Union Fire Association Thence it curved to the right passing under the old Ford Road which crossed over the R R on Bowman's Bridge This curve brought the R R line to a tangent at a point L where the line of the south side of Montgomery Ave then called Old Lancaster Road produced reaches what is still called Old Lancaster Road At the N E corner of Ford Road and Parson's Ave Mr J S Parsons has built a corner post containing several of the old square stone R R blocks The changes in roads at Merionville seem to have been roughly as follows - Before the R R abc Old Lancaster Road adef Ford Road But between d and e Ford Road was kinked to dbe in order to make it cross the R R nearly at right angles and de was abandoned the line of Ford Road after the building of the R R thus becoming adbef The portion of db of Ford Road now coincides with the line of Levering Mill Road gdb When Montgomery Avenue was created it took abc from the Old Lancaster Road but later bf was called Mongomery Avenue and bc again became Old Lancaster Road cd is now called Ford Road bc Old Lancaster Road abef Montgomery Ave and gdb Levering Mill Road LO From L to O the Columbia R R line followed the south side of Old Lancaster Road now Montgomery Avenue At M just east of Thourun's Lane which crosses a small run on a bridge of three arches is the south face of an arched stone culvert At N is the Federal Spring Many of the old stone R R blocks are here built into the retaining wall on the south side of Montgomery Ave Beyond O the R R line curved gently to the left P At P the R R line passed over the site of a frame stable building At the SW corver of this stable the top course of a box culvert is seen PQ From P to Q the line easily traceable by pairs of tall trees and by underbrush on the old low embankment follows the south property line of John Albrecht's triangular lot QR Between Q and R the line has been entirely obliterated by the building operations which produced the newer part of Narberth In general the R R line crossed the lines of the present streets at angles of about 45 degrees to its crossing with the present Essex Ave just north of the Narberth Public School Beyond this it probably followed nearly the curve of Essex Ave Stone blocks out of place are seen at the corners of Hamden and Woodbine Aves Woodbine and Narberth Aves and Narberth and Price Aves RS Between R and S remains of a low R R embankment are seen with remains of a box culvert where the line crossed a small run T In a driveway at T are seen well preserved and well exposed 3 pairs of the square stone blocks U At U the R R crossed the Old Lancaster Road now Montgomery Ave which was bent for the purpose crossing the R R at right angles The resulting kink has been removed From U to the east side of Montgomery Ave the line is easily traced by old trees underbrush and the remains of a shallow cut VW From V to a point just east of the Lower Merion High School at W the R R line lies a little to the northward of Montgomery Ave then Old Lancaster Road It was here mostly in shallow excavation where many square stone blocks are still in place The line is easily recognizable from Montgomery Ave by the double line of trees which its presence preserved from destruction WX Between W and X the R R line described a curve of some 75 degrees to the right ending at about the present Thompson Avenue a little south of the east end of Coulter Ave In the yard of Mr Swartz at X is a stone block with chair mark apparently nearly in place From X the R R line lay a little to the south of the present Coulter Avenue probably meeting it and the present main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad where the two now intersect at Y The portion of the Philadelphia Columbia R R from A to Broad and Vine Streets was sold by the State Canal Commissioners to the Philadelphia and Reading R R Company Dec 31 1847 for 243 200 An Act of 1851 April 15 Authorized the Canal Commissioners to sell the line between A and Y and it was sold to the Philadelphia and Reading R R Company for 12 000 or 16 000 according to different accounts A P Roberts afterward bought part or all of the rails on AY for use as scrap in their mills PD-old Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works Railroad maps of Philadelphia Old railroad maps of the United States Pennsylvania in the 1920s Columbia Railroad Bridge Vine Street Philadelphia | ||||
