“It’s like an industrial cathedral” – Mike Piersa, of the National Museum of Industrial History.
Industrial
“THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY” spans across the top of this imposing structure, in plain view from the Betty Ross Bridge along the banks of the Delaware River. This is the Richmond Power Station, a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in the early twentieth century.
The silk processing industry was established sometime between the late 1800′s and early 1900′s in the United States. Silk was desired mainly by women for luxurious stockings, dresses, and scarves.