![]() ![]() Tracks meandered through the countryside, going along Railroad Avenue in Haverford Township. The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad opened for use from Broad and Callowhill Streets to Paoli in 1833, and went as far as Pittsburgh by 1835. ![]() "Improved transportation opened the township to development. with production of 800,000 pounds in 1812. "The two creeks that mark part of the township boundaries provided good millseats for the early settlers.Between 18, were the second largest powder mills in the U.S. The census returns of 1860 show the value of livestock as $62,485.00 animals slaughtered $11,255.00 46,049 bushels of grain harvested and the and the value of orchard and garden produce, $4,090.00. "The area was primarily agricultural until the second decade of the twentieth century. Lewis David, Henry Lewis and William Howell selected land along the southern border. The first three families arrived in Haverford Township in 1682. "Companies of Adventurers" were formed, with the most prominent person in each taking out the patent on 5,000 acres of land as trustee. ![]() In 1681, a representative group of Welsh Quakers met with Penn to discuss their settlement, having purchased forty thousand acres of land which today comprises all of Haverford, Radnor and Lower Merion Townships. "Haverford Township was laid out by William Penn as part of the Welsh Tract or Barony. It encompasses the community of Havertown and parts of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Drexel Hill, and Wynnewood in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Haverford Township is a suburb of Philadelphia situated near the wealthy "Main Line" west of the city. ![]()
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