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1936 Aerial Image - Franklin Township - Rochester Road
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Title
1936 Aerial Image - Franklin Township - Rochester Road
Creator
Allegheny County Department of Public Works
Date
1936
Identifier
20120009-hpicnpl-0025
Source Identifier
1854 b040
Description
1936 aerial view of Franklin Township (now Franklin Park Borough), Allegheny County, PA. In bottom left corner is Magee Road Extension. In upper half of image is Rochester Road that runs left to right. Above it is Farimount Church Road that meets with Rochester Road at both of its ends. Wexford-Bayne Road is seen in the upper right corner, joining Rochester Road at the Farimount Church Road intersection on upper right side of image. The area where the three roads meet was once called Bayne. The rooftop and cemetery of Farimount Persbyterian Church is seen below the 90 degree bend in Farimount Church Road, which was originally Rochester Road before a 19th century by-pass for teamsters was built at the base of the hill along Rippling Run Branch of Big Sewickley Creek. Image faces north and shows the western half of image 54 of flight line 18.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Franklin Park (Allegheny County, Pa.: Borough)
Rochester Road (Franklin Park, Pa.)
Magee Road Extention (Franklin Park, Pa.)
Farimount Church Road (Franklin Park, Pa.)
Wexford-Bayne Road (Franklin Park, Pa.)
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
Geographic Subjects
Franklin Park Borough
Source
Allegheny County Department of Public Works
Contributor
Northland Public Library
Collection
Northland Historical Image Collection
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