Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
In October 1960, with sponsorship from the Kiwanis Club of Valley Forge, the Joint Service Club Committee and the Hospital Study Committee recommended an ambulance organization for Upper Merion rather than a hospital. The original intent was to form an ambulance service capable of performing a full range of rescue services. [After the start-up costs were estimated for rescue equipment,
The PA Turnpike’s Philadelphia Extension lengthened the original 1940 section east from Harrisburg (Carlise) to King of Prussia. The 2nd phase of that expansion, east to King of Prussia at what is now the present-day interchange with I-76 & US 202, didn’t open until November 20, 1950. Weather delays and a cement workers’ strike caused it to miss the October
The PA Turnpike, the first in the nation, officially opened October 1, 1940, exhibiting new superhighway design and demonstrating that revenue bonds could finance toll roads. After the success of the original 160-mile segment between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, the Turnpike Commission planned to expand it to connect Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. This was shelved with the onset of World War II,
The building located at 826 W. DeKalb Pike, currently the Tilted Kilt, is one of the oldest remaining buildings in King of Prussia. It was built in 1747 by Henry Griffith, a Welshman, across from the original location of the King of Prussia Inn. Dr. Henry DeWitt Pauling, one of it’s many owners, was a prominent physician who came to