Mayor John Street (far left) christened the new pier along the Schuylkill River at 24th and Walnut streets. After the ceremony at Walnut Street, pictured, he sailed to the pier at Bartram's Garden. A third and final pier, designed at the Fairmount Water Works, should be finished next year.
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