Canal at Mahoning Street looking north 1898
Locust Alley is to the right of the canal. Filbert Street now runs in the approximate
location of Locust Alley.
Picture from the book "Milton, Pennsylvania, the 19th Century Town on Limestone Run"
by Homer F. Folk; photo courtesy of the Davis family:
There is a rope running from the boat to mules on the right towpath, in the shadow of a
tree in front of the two-story house. Across the canal on the west side is S. J. Shimer &
Sons two-story brick machine shop, with a high board fence surrounding their manufacturing
complex.
Photo below from the book "Chronicles and Legends of Milton" by George S. Venios:
This view was taken from the same point, looking northwest during the Winter season.