Daniel Skinner, in 1763, steered a raft of white pine logs through this river channel to Philadelphia ship yards - creating a Milanville timber industry that lasted until WWI. Late in the 19th …
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Daniel Skinner, in 1763, steered a raft of white pine logs through this river channel to Philadelphia ship yards - creating a Milanville timber industry that lasted until WWI. Late in the 19th century, great grandson Milton won legal and political skirmishes to charter the Milanville Bridge Company - which hired contractors who opened our bridge in 1901. Planners adapted a traditional crossing used by native peoples and white settlers, where ferries had plied for nearly a century. And where New York’s Erie Railroad lay within walking distance. |
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