| Florence Contributor(s): Florence Historical Society Book Committ (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738512958 ISBN-13: 9780738512952 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 974.961 |
| LCCN: 2003110371 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally known as Mansfield Township's High Banks section, the township of Florence incorporated in 1872. The early farming community was laid out in 1850 by the Florence City Company. It then became a resort area for Philadelphia's elite, who traveled upriver by steamboat or by train on the Camden and Amboy division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The early population was largely Irish, coming to work in the Florence Iron Works, established in 1857. Originally the Jones Foundry, the ironworks produced cast-iron pipe, Mathews fire hydrants, and cylinders for Baldwin locomotives. The foundry is still operating and has been a mainstay of the community for nearly one hundred fifty years. |
Contributor Bio(s): Florence Historical Society Book Committee: - Judith Wilson King, chairman of the Florence Historical Society Book Committee, explores the township's past in Florence. As president and incorporator of the Florence Historical Society, King has amassed a collection of artifacts and printed and photographic material on the area's history, which she has paired with historical information from research and interviews to create this exceptional history of Florence. |