Tag: Tom Bergbauer

Over the years, Admiral Wilson Boulevard has been home to many attractions—some good and some not so good.

They were discarded at most corner grocery stores. Stand it upright and it could become a scooter, lay it down and it could be an orange crate car.

If you grew up in North Camden then you had to remember Pyne Point Park. They were synonymous.

The sinking of the M & E Henderson off the coast of North Carolina on Nov. 30, 1879 had been one of South Jersey';s most famous mysteries and tales.

Joseph Nicholson, whose father immigrated with John Fenwick, incorporated glass windows in the construction, which was considered a marvel at the time.

One report shows that 61 people perished in the fire and 30 had survived. Others were reported either unaccounted for or missing.

The Benjamin Franklin (Delaware River) Bridge has a 1,750 foot center span. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world at one time.

A few times I have been asked by readers if a hospital ever existed next to the Ben Franklin Bridge and if so, what was its name.

I noticed two youngsters playing in water at the curb of a street, causing flashbacks of water running down the gutter of my old city street in North Camden.

They came through the alleyways and down the streets. They came like a parade at intervals hawking their wares. Those were the hucksters of our day.

Seven revolutionary soldiers died on a sleety, windy February day in 1778 in a skirmish with the British in what is now downtown Camden.

I have to admit it—I love maps. It does not matter whether they are old or new, as long as they are maps.