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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
PENNSVILLE, 87.6 miles (12 alt., 412 pop.), was once known as a center for sturgeon and shad fishermen, but pollution of the Delaware waters
by waste from upstream industries has practically destroyed the fishing.
Today the little village is chiefly a ferry terminal and another residential
section for Du Pont workers. An amusement park, RIVERVIEW BEACH, is
complete with roller coaster and swimming pool. The region around Pennsville was settled by Swedes after 1640.
Right from the center of Pennsville to the PENNSVILLE FERRY 87.9
miles, to New Castle, Del. (24-hour service all year; car and driver 750,
passengers 10¢ messages received and delivered for patrons.) As the ferry
moves from its Jersey landing, the low shore line of Delaware is seen
ahead, scarcely broken by the roofs and spires of old New Castle. Wilmington, up the river (R), is indicated by a smudge of smoke from its
many factories.
At Pennsville is the junction with a hard-surfaced unnumbered road
(see Tour 29).
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