Border Street, renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue in the 2000s, originally ran from Line Street and Haddon Avenue north along the railroad tracks, intersecting with Starr Avenue (also later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue). In later years, it ended at Starr Avenue, which continued northeast to 10th Street behind the Transport of New Jersey bus maintenance complex. Today, this route remains a convenient shortcut between South Camden, East Camden, and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, bypassing downtown Camden.
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Starr Avenue
Starr Avenue, later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue between 1914 and 1946, ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named after Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. The foundry’s former site has housed Campbell Soup’s corporate headquarters since the 1960s. Starr Avenue and Border…
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Border Street
Border Street, renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue in the 2000s, originally ran from Line Street and Haddon Avenue north along the railroad tracks, intersecting with Starr Avenue (also later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue). In later years, it ended at Starr Avenue, which continued northeast to 10th Street behind the Transport of New Jersey bus maintenance complex.…
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Mount Ephraim Avenue
Dating back to 1878, and originally named Border Street until the 2000’s, Mt. Ephraim Avenue has a history rooted in the past when it operated as the Mount Ephraim Turnpike, functioning as a toll road. Its origins trace back to the junction of Line Street and Haddon Avenue. In a subsequent period, roughly between 1929…
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Storm Snaps Heat Plague; 4 More Drown
Camden Courier-Post – June 13, 1933 Man and Woman Struck by Lightning; Mercury Tumbles A violent electric storm, which paralyzed a South Camden woman, accompanied by a driving rain tumbled the mercury last night and ended, temporarily, the six-day heat wave. The storm came after four persons were added yesterday to the five drowning victims…
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