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Howland Croft & Son Co.

General Gas Mantle Company - Jefferson Street - 1926
Streets

Jefferson Avenue

Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 1900 — A chimney 235 feet high erected by Howland Croft and Sons Company at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue
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A Chimney 235 Feet High

The Howland Croft & Sons Company erected a 235-foot chimney at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue — the tallest stack in Camden.

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