Editing Sellersville, Pennsylvania (section)

===19th century===
In the 1860s, the [[North Pennsylvania Railroad]] was built, running parallel to Bethlehem Pike: this stimulated the growth of light textile industries and brought a wave of population growth. The East Branch of the [[Perkiomen Creek]] runs through the town which connects it to an adjacent town of [[Perkasie, Pennsylvania|Perkasie]]. This creek was dammed in the early 20th century creating a small body of water known as Lake Lenape. Along the length of the lake a park was built on Perkasie and Sellersville lands. In the 1920s and 1930s this park housed a carousel, a roller coaster and several other amusements. The railroad brought hundreds of people from Philadelphia in the summer time, and it became a well known vacation spot for blue collar city workers.