Umbria Street
This was all before Umbria Street was built between Manayunk and Shawmount. Domino Lane at that point was in quite a ravine and the project was abandoned before the land could be bridged over or filled in. When that fill was finally made, it cut off the bottom of Domino Lane, making it impossible to reach the canal by that route. The opening of Umbria Street also cut off the lower end of our farm leaving it over six acres smaller. In order for traffic on Domino Lane to reach Umbria Street, they built a small bridge over the creek and cut a road up through the woods on the Manayunk side.
I am probably the only person alive who remembers some of these things.
posted by Mimi @ 3:11 AM
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Domino Lane went from Ridge Avenue to the canal where there seems to have been a layover area for the boats right below locks 68 and 69. This is where the lane meet a road that came off of Manayunk Island and continued along the river towards Shawmont.
The railroads came later and built beside the canal. They didn't have a station near Domino Lane. So the area grew less important.
The Umbria Street extension avoided the tracks and the steep grade as well as shortening the distance from Manayunk to Shawmont.
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