OldChesterPa.com features area and city service info for a Pennsylvania town
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Historic Chester, PA
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This intent of this web site is to provide historical pictures and information about the city of Chester, located in Delaware County, PA. While the visitor will find some earlier history, the focus is primarily on the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Also included are some of the neighboring towns of southeastern Delaware County (Aston, Boothwyn, Brookhaven, Crum Lynne, Eddystone, Marcus Hook, Media, Ridley Park, Swarthmore, Trainer, Wallingford, etc.) which are all within the general metropolitan area.
During much of its early history, although the county seat of the original Chester County, Chester was a sleepy little village along the banks of the Delaware River. This changed dramatically with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution during the decade of the 1850's. During those years industry boomed as did the population in order to feed the manpower needs of the new industries. In 1850 Chester's population numbered 1,667 but by 1860 it nearly tripled to 4,631. Much of the city's housing as well as other structures still standing was built during this period of explosive growth and through the early years of the 20th century.
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