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Port Richmond
The Port Richmond Site (Site Number 36PH0203) is located on the former city block bounded by Richmond, Ann, Melvale, and East Cambria Streets in the Port Richmond section of the city. This historic block now falls within the Conrail Philadelphia property. At the time of the 2010 excavations, the Port Richmond Site fell within an overgrown empty lot in the Conrail yard. This lot was bounded on the southwest by East Cambria Street, on the southeast by Melvale Street, on the northeast by Ann Street, and on the northwest by a chain-link fence separating the overgrown lot from a paved parking area under I-95. The property within the Conrail yard had been heavily truncated during the twentieth century, with the ground dropping significantly from the fence eastward into the site. Archaeological excavations were carried out across the entire block through trench testing and monitoring.
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Port Richmond
The Port Richmond Site (Site Number 36PH0203) is located on the former city block bounded by Richmond, Ann, Melvale, and East Cambria Streets in the Port Richmond section of the city. This historic block now falls within the Conrail Philadelphia property. At the time of the 2010 excavations, the Port Richmond Site fell within an overgrown empty lot in the Conrail yard. This lot was bounded on the southwest by East Cambria Street, on the southeast by Melvale Street, on the northeast by Ann Street, and on the northwest by a chain-link fence separating the overgrown lot from a paved parking area under I-95. The property within the Conrail yard had been heavily truncated during the twentieth century, with the ground dropping significantly from the fence eastward into the site. Archaeological excavations were carried out across the entire block through trench testing and monitoring.