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Aramingo Canal Excavation – Gallery
Excavations
Aramingo Canal Maps – Gallery
Historic Maps & Figures
Aramingo Canal Site
Site Page Aramingo Canal Explore Aramingo Canal: Download Additional Reports The construction of the canal required the Gunner’s Run stream channel to be deepened and straightened, followed by the construction of wooden bulkheads and wharves along its shores. Originally intended to extend more than five miles inland, from the Delaware River to Frankford Creek, only
Columbia Ave
The Columbia Avenue Site extended from East Columbia Avenue in the south to East Palmer Street in the north. The embankment to I-95 formed the western boundary and North Delaware Avenue formed the eastern boundary. This situation served to constrain the project to a triangular area bounded by the highway, East Columbia, and North Delaware
Cramp/Bumm Artifacts – Gallery
Artifact Gallery
Cramp/Bumm Bed Chamber – Gallery
Bed Chamber Gallery Cramp-Bumm The Cramp/Bumm Site was located at the former 1018 Palmer Street property, now part of the PennDOT right-of-way along the southbound side of the roadway. At the time of the initial excavation, the site was situated on a 10-foot-wide, flat, grassy tract of land that abruptly transitioned into a steeply sloped
Cramp/Bumm Dining Room – Gallery
Dinning Room Gallery Cramp-Bumm The Cramp/Bumm Site was located at the former 1018 Palmer Street property, now part of the PennDOT right-of-way along the southbound side of the roadway. At the time of the initial excavation, the site was situated on a 10-foot-wide, flat, grassy tract of land that abruptly transitioned into a steeply sloped
Cramp/Bumm Parlor – Gallery
Parlor Gallery Cramp-Bumm The Cramp/Bumm Site was located at the former 1018 Palmer Street property, now part of the PennDOT right-of-way along the southbound side of the roadway. At the time of the initial excavation, the site was situated on a 10-foot-wide, flat, grassy tract of land that abruptly transitioned into a steeply sloped embankment
Dyottville Artifacts – Gallery
Artifact Gallery
Dyottville Excavation – Gallery
Excavation Gallery
Dyottville Glass Works Site
Site Page Dyottville Glass Work Explore Dyottville Glass Work: Download Additional Reports The Dyottville study area conditions prior to the start of archaeological investigations were characterized by asphalt paving over Belgian block. Concrete paving related to early-twentieth-century rail lines was exposed beneath the Belgian block in the west half of the excavation area. Sections of
Fishtown 3
Site Page Fishtown 3 Explore Fishtown 3: The excavation of the site was divided in two by a portion of the I-95 highway which has been filled and enclosed within a concrete wall structure. Given this major construction effort through the site, the areas to the north and south of the highway were sampled
Fishtown 4
Site Page Fishtown 4 Explore Fishtown 4: Most of the site is currently under an elevated portion of I-95, which runs roughly east to west through the middle of the site. Given this circumstance, the site was excavated via trenching on either side of the existing highway. North of the highway, intact stratigraphy survived in
Fishtown One Site
Site Page Fishtown 1 Explore Fishtown 1: Site History Summary Urban development on the Fishtown One Site did not really begin until the late colonial era, and even then, the area remained fairly rural. At the time, it formed the southern portion of a large block bounded by the streets now known as Girard Avenue,
Fishtown One Site Excavation – Gallery
Excavations
Fishtown Two Site
Site Page Fishtown 2 Explore Fishtown 2: At the start of the excavation, the site consisted of bare ground beneath the I-95 viaduct and grass-covered land to the south of the highway between Berks Street and Montgomery Avenue. With the exception of an abandoned trailer at the corner of Berks Street and Delaware Avenue, the
Fishtown Two Site Excavation – Gallery
Excavations
Girard Richmond; Tumanaranaming #2
Site Page Girard Richmond Explore Girard Richmond: The site was originally established on a terrace landform overlooking the margins of a nearby stream called Tumanaranaming (“the Wolf’s Walk”) by members of the Lenape tribe, and known during historic times as Gunner’s Run. A steep slope that dropped off into the wetter soils of the floodplain
Gunner’s Run Artifacts – Gallery
Artifact Gallery
Gunner’s Run Maps – Gallery
Historic Maps & Figures
Gunner’s Run South
Site Page Gunner’s Run South Explore Gunner’s Run South: At the start of the excavation, the site appeared as a combination of bare ground beneath the I-95 viaduct and grass-covered land to the south of the highway. The entire site area was open and featureless, with the exception of a line of small trees along
Hunter
Site Page Hunter Explore Hunter: It was first encountered when a large excavation block (Block E) was opened in this area while searching for intact residential backyard spaces. Block E measured approximately 40 feet from north to south by 35 feet from east to west. Due to the potential presence of intact historic soils, two
Kensington-Fishtown – Gallery
Maker’s Marks – Gallery
Maker’s Marks