ONCE AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE VERY DIFFICULT TO ENHANCE OFFSET PHOTO. AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS STUDYING LOCAL HISTORY, I STILL HAVE A REAL PROBLEM LOCATING THE ACTUAL SITE OF THIS FABLED PAPER MILL WHICH WAS LOCATED BY THE BRIDGE OVER THE ASSANPINK IN THE AREA OF SOUTH BROAD STREET. HISTORY TELLS US THAT THE MILL WAS LOCATED ON WHAT WAS THE SITE OF MAHLON STACY'S MILL BACK IN THE COLONIAL ERA. TWENTY FIRST CENTURY TRENTON WITH ALL THOSE GLASS-ENCRUSTED OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT PROLIFERATE IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON, MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ENVISION JUST WHERE THE MILL WAS LOCATED. PERHAPS ONE OF THE HISTORIC SCHOLARS AT THE TRENTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE OLD PAPER MILL. ONE VERY INTRIGUING NEWS SNIPPET THAT LIES WITHIN THE PAGES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS TELLS OF A "KINGFISHER" THAT TOOK UP RESIDENCY IN THE OLD DESERTED MILL. FASCINATING!
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
1922: THE PAPER MILL ON THE ASSANPINK
ONCE AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE VERY DIFFICULT TO ENHANCE OFFSET PHOTO. AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS STUDYING LOCAL HISTORY, I STILL HAVE A REAL PROBLEM LOCATING THE ACTUAL SITE OF THIS FABLED PAPER MILL WHICH WAS LOCATED BY THE BRIDGE OVER THE ASSANPINK IN THE AREA OF SOUTH BROAD STREET. HISTORY TELLS US THAT THE MILL WAS LOCATED ON WHAT WAS THE SITE OF MAHLON STACY'S MILL BACK IN THE COLONIAL ERA. TWENTY FIRST CENTURY TRENTON WITH ALL THOSE GLASS-ENCRUSTED OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT PROLIFERATE IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON, MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ENVISION JUST WHERE THE MILL WAS LOCATED. PERHAPS ONE OF THE HISTORIC SCHOLARS AT THE TRENTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE OLD PAPER MILL. ONE VERY INTRIGUING NEWS SNIPPET THAT LIES WITHIN THE PAGES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS TELLS OF A "KINGFISHER" THAT TOOK UP RESIDENCY IN THE OLD DESERTED MILL. FASCINATING!
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