Mount Jacob Cemetery - Glenolden, Pennsylvania
Mount Jacob Cemetery, Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Many stones are leaning here.
Located off of West Oak Lane. But do not exit from this side. The walls/pillars at the entrance create a poor visibility situation with approaching traffic. Leave through the back entrance, on Bartram Avenue.
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 81
Glenolden, PA 19036
Phone: 610-583-1462
About:
When you see headstones leaning, it means this is a dangerous place to be. Keep children away. Use caution when stepping anywhere near a leaning headstone. This is the kind of place where a tragic freak accident can happen. Keep in mind that these stones are incredibly heavy. Barre gray granite weighs approximately 168 pounds per cubic foot. A child could get killed here. An adult could suffer a gruesome life changing injury. These are big stones. Be very careful.
Note:
The morning after I wrote my initial notes about my findings here, I found this news clip from an incident at the Jewish cemetery across the street:
Boy injured by toppling tombstone
Other Jewish Cemeteries in Delaware County:
Photo: Mount Jacob Cemetery in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Keep children away from headstones that are leaning like this.
An old-timer in the monument business told me: "There's only one reason why a tombstone leans... it's because someone did a bad job at putting the foundation in."
Pricing information as of May 2017:
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