Stripping Redwoods If you've driven around West Sonoma County you may have noticed redwoods that have all of their branches shaved off of one side, all the way to the top. This has been done to protect a utility under one side of the redwood trees. Again, the law of unintended consequences is at play.
It continued to draw steady revenues from coal and passenger service. Most of the Reading's 20th century activity in the Garden State was in South Jersey. The Reading had controlled the Atlantic City railroad and the Pennsylvania was in competition in the Philadelphia to Atlantic City run.
The distance between Philadelphia and Reading in a straight line is 50 miles or 80.45 Kilometers. Driving Directions & Drive Times from Philadelphia to Reading can be found further down the page. Driving distances, maps and journey times are currently provided by Google mapping systems.