History & local legend
Tinicum Island Road, beside Philadelphia International Airport, is the setting of the White Lady of Essington. Drivers describe a woman in a white dress standing or walking at the roadside after dark.
In the version published by the Delaware County collector JackMc in October 2009, the woman was a bride. She and her new husband were traveling along the road on their wedding night when their car crashed near the airport. Both died, but the figure said to return is the bride alone.
The telling adds that single men seem especially likely to encounter her.
Sources
- JackMc, Ghosts of Delaware County, The White Lady of Essington, 2009 account and historic photograph of the named road
- DELCO Today, The White Lady of Essington, Tinicum Township, in its compilation of Delaware County legends
- Philadelphia International Airport, Title VI Plan, local street map including Tinicum Island Road along the airfield
- OpenStreetMap, airport-side section of Tinicum Island Road
- Ghosts of Delaware County: White Lady of Essington, preserved label page
