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The Beginning of the End The Friday, March 8th, 1907 edition of "The Bristol Gazette" ran an article that signaled the beginning of the end of ferry service between Bristol PA and Burlington NJ. Headlined: "To Bridge The Delaware", it outlined the plans to build the Burlington-Bristol Bridge...

1915 Ferry Photo Look what I found in my box of photos! It is another picture of the William E. Doron ferry - and the back of the picture is marked "1915". Gotta love it when people document these dates! The photo shows the ferry in the distant center of the image with lots of water and...

Ferry photo Thanks for the kind words! I had to reduce the quality and size of the photo scan to post it here, but the original is quite sharp. I can easily share a detailed scan to anyone who wants to study it. I can be reached via the "private message" function of this forum. Just send...

Wow - fast replies! Hello Jerseyman and Pinelandpaddler! I didn't expect such a quick response - or any response at all.... One clarification, Jerseyman - it was my grandfather (Andrew Clark) who was the swimmer, although my great-grandfather (Robert Clark) was also mentioned in the...

100 Years Ago This Month Exactly 100 years ago this month, my late grandfather (when he was a lad), made it into the local newspaper by swimming non-stop around Burlington Island! Here is the newspaper report: ---------------------------- "Bristol’s Champion Swimmer" If there is any...