The South Clinton Avenue Bridge, East Trenton
The Trenton Train Station is near this.
This is off the Greenwood Circle and the road surface
was made of wood boards for many years. My Grandfather
Urban Zorichak worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and
as part of his job worked on this bridge. Eventually
this bridge surface was changed to Macadam like most
other streets in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
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A little lower and to the left off the image left was the bridge over Assunpink Creek that lead to the Freeway circle.
From this overpass there was a slope covered with grasses that were never mowed (Trenton was that way in the 50s, too!). When dried, these grasses were pretty slippery, especially with a clothes washer box "recycled" from Bonds Furniture and Appliences on S. Broad. Some boxes were better than others and with a fifth or sixth grader aboard these boxes were almost as good as a sled on snow.
What not to do? Go too far, and over the wall into Assunpink Creek and be swept into the current. I think the creek went underground from that point on.
Living in the Burg was living on the edge.
Some of my best memories were of the cheap entertainment that the trains provided. In the early 50's there were still many steamers and that white cloud coming at you was a thing to behold.
Or the steady clanging as she came through the station. I even got a quick boost up to the cab once by a friendly engineer.
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Anytime I ever see railroad tracks or trains I think of my Grandfather
Urban Zorichak. In my mind he built all the local tracks himself LOL:)
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