Riverside Park
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The Riverside Park is a city-owned park along the river, one of the few municipally-owned parks along the Upper Delaware. The city has developed sports facilities and boating and fishing access areas on this property. The area was once used by the Erie Railroad and on the left, near the railroad tracks, were a series of pens used to contain cattle on their way to market, earning this area the nickname "The Stockyards." Further into the park, the area is covered with cinders, which is waste ash leftover from steam engines that operated here until the late 1940s. Beyond the ballfield there are several short paths that lead directly to the river, but they are not on the Delaware River Heritage Trail. It is not nearby the
- Delaware River: .145
- Railroad tracks: .159
- First Presbyterian: .173
- Erie Hotel: .187
Final Coordinates: N41 20.677, W74 41.XXX |
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