History

The famous billboard that was once near the Conshohocken exit of the Schuylkill Expressway

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History Stories

  1. August 4th

    From the Colonial Instructional Television archives | Silent footage of Conshohocken

  2. July 17th

    166th anniversary of The Great Train Wreck of 1856 near Fort Washington

  3. January 27th

    Throwback Thursday | 51st anniversary of the West Conshohocken gas leak, explosion, and fire

  4. Jan 20th

    Throwback Thursday | Sledding on Dechert Road in 1960

  5. Jan 13th

    Throwback Thursday | Crossing guard at Fayette Street and Third Avenue in Conshohocken

  6. Jan 6th

    Throwback Thursday | What is likely Conshohocken’s biggest heist

  7. Dec 30th

    Throwback Thursday | Boarded up shops in Conshohocken at Christmas just prior to the start of redevelopment

  8. Dec 2nd

    Throwback Thursday | The Original Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Company at the Plymouth Meeting Mall

  9. Nov 25th

    Throwback Thursday | Historic Washington Fire House’s cupola and weather vane

  10. Nov 19th

    Throwback Thursday | Sinkhole swallowed Maple tree in 1938

  11. Nov 11th

    Throwback Thursday | Conshohocken unveils war memorial on Armistice Day in 1928

  12. Feb 18th

    Ned Hector reenactor gives talk on “Soldiers of Color in George Washington’s Army”

  13. Feb 17th

    A look back | Poor man’s supper on Ash Wednesday in 1976 at SS. Cosmas and Damian Parish

  14. Dec 27th

    The time Anthrax and Dimebag Darrell were in Conshohocken
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